Program and policy issues affecting home and community-based long-term care use: Findings from a qualitative study

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 107-127

  Stewart, M Kate ^a   Felix, Holly ^a   Dockter, Nancy ^a   Perry, Dana M ^a   Morgan, Jinger R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Developmental disability; Home and community based; Institutionalization; Long term care elderly; Nursing home; Physical disability; Policy; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARKANSAS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749527253     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v25n03_07     Document Type: Article

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