Prioritization and resource allocation in health care. The views of older people receiving continuous public care and service

Health Expectations

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-128

  Werntoft, Elisabet ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill R ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dependency; Older people; Prioritization; Public care and service; Resource allocation; View

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34248196150     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2006.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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