The differential impact of medicare home health care policy on impaired beneficiaries

Journal of Policy Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-22

  Davitt, Joan K ^a   Marcus, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Home care; Medicare; Policy; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549084977     PISSN: 15588742     EISSN: 15588750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15588740801909911     Document Type: Article

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