Focus group study of ethnically diverse low-income users of paid personal assistance services

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-44

  Mullan, Joseph T ^a   Grossman, Brian R ^a   Hernandez, Mauro ^a   Wong, Alice ^a   Eversley, Rani ^a   Harrington, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer directed care; Disability; Formal care; Home and community based services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW MEXICO; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 62249207303     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621420802701034     Document Type: Article

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