Home health social work: Obstacles to evidence-based practice

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-319

  Dyeson, Timothy B ^a  

^a Louisiana State

Author keywords

Health policy; Medical social services; Medicare; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846132169     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822304274098     Document Type: Article

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