Examining home care in other countries: The policy issues

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 393-404

  MacAdam, Margaret ^a,b  

^a Pricing Solutions Division   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Germany; Great Britain; Home care policy; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645434781     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822304264615     Document Type: Article

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