Home-based intermediate care program vs hospitalization: Cost comparison study

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Armstrong, Catherine Deri ^a   Hogg, William E ^a,b,c   Lemelin, Jacques ^a   Dahrouge, Simone ^d   Martin, Carmel ^e   Viner, Gary S ^a   Saginur, Raphael ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

^d CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38849096937     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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