Chronic disease management and the home-care alternative in Ontario, Canada

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 136-139

  Tsasis, Peter ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 72449164152     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/hsmr.2009.009002     Document Type: Review

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