Economic evaluations of complex services for older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 491-493

  Harwood, Rowan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL WORK; SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 51749089973     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn154     Document Type: Editorial

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