Three policy issues in deciding the cost of nursing home care: Provincial differences and how they influence elderly couples' experiences

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Stadnyk, Robin L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; INCOME; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

EID: 69749115474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.20936     Document Type: Article

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