Effect of Medicare Home Health Care Payment on Informal Care

Inquiry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-71

  Golberstein, Ezra ^a,b   Grabowski, David C ^b   Langa, Kenneth M ^b   Chernew, Michael E ^c  

^a National Institute of Mental Health ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICARE;

EID: 66749161682     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.01.58     Document Type: Article

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