The role of disability in explaining long-term care utilization

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1156-1163

  De Meijer, Claudine A M ^a   Koopmanschap, Marc A ^a   Koolman, Xander H E ^a,b   Van Doorslaer, Eddy K A ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Determinants; Disability; Long term care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70350561914     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181b69fa8     Document Type: Article

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