Rural older adult's access barriers to in-home and community-based services

Social Work Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-118

  Li, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access barriers; In home and community based services; Rural older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747435248     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/30.2.109     Document Type: Review

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