Costs and determinants of privately financed home-based health care in Ontario, Canada

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-136

  Guerriere, Denise N ^a,b   Wong, Ada Y M ^b   Croxford, Ruth ^c   Leong, Vivian W ^b   McKeever, Patricia ^b,e   Coyte, Peter C ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CHSRF/CIHR Health Services Chair

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home based care; Predictors of care; Private public expenditures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 39349116976     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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