Paediatric home care: A systematic review of randomized trials on costs and effectiveness

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-119

  Parker, Gillian ^a,c   Bhakta, Padma ^a,d   Lovett, Caroline ^a,e   Olsen, Richard ^a,f   Paisley, Suzy ^b   Turner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Coventry and North Warwickshire Cardiac Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Brooklands Social Services   (United Kingdom)

^f Brandon Mental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33645760476     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581906776318947     Document Type: Review

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