Financial management services in consumer-directed programs

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-42

  Scherzer, Teresa ^a   Wong, Alice ^a   Newcomer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendant services; Consumer direction; Financial Management Services; Home care; Personal assistance services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947712275     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v26n01_03     Document Type: Article

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