Provider and care workforce influences on quality of home-cace services in England

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 81-97

  Netten, Ann ^a   Jones, Karen ^a   Sandhu, Sima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care workforce; Home care; Personal assistance; Quality

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; SERVICE PROVISION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447279711     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v19n03_06     Document Type: Article

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