"This case is closed": Family caregivers and the termination of home health care services for stroke patients

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-331

  Levine, Carol ^a   Albert, Steven M ^b   Hokenstad, Alene ^c,d   Halper, Deborah E ^c,d   Hart, Andrea Y ^e   Gould, David A ^c  

^a United Hospital Fund New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c United Hospital Fund   (United States)

^d Palliative Care Quality Improvement Collaborative ^*

^e Families and Health Care Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Home health care; Medicaid; Medicare; Stroke; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33744956247     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2006.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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