Workforce issues and consumer satisfaction in medicaid personal assistance services

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-101

  Anderson, Wayne L ^a   Wiener, Joshua M ^a   Khatutsky, Galina ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845475477     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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