Modelling of Hampshire Adult Services - Gearing up for future demands

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-176

  Desai, Mitul Shivam ^a   Penn, Marion Louise ^a   Brailsford, Sally ^a   Chipulu, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Older people; Simulation; Social services; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 43149090513     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-007-9049-0     Document Type: Article

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