A decision tool for negotiating home care funding levels in Ontario

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 91-106

  Busby, Carolyn R ^a   Carter, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Demand forecasting; Funding allocation; Home care; Operations research; Prioritized wait lists; Quality; Queueing; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; ONTARIO;

EID: 33749517891     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v25n03_06     Document Type: Article

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