Patient, informal caregiver and care provider acceptance of a hospital in the home program in Ontario, Canada

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lemelin, Jacques ^a,b   Hogg, William E ^a,c   Dahrouge, Simone ^a   Armstrong, Catherine Deri ^b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Dusseault, Jo Anne ^a   Parsons Nicota, Joy ^b   Saginur, Raphael ^c   Viner, Gary ^b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 35348915371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-130     Document Type: Article

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