Home care: From adequate funding to integration of services

Healthcare Papers

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Hébert, Réjean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; QUEBEC;

EID: 74549169905     PISSN: 1488917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpap.2009.21224     Document Type: Note

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