Home healthcare services in Taiwan: A nationwide study among the older population

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chang, Hsiao Ting ^a,b   Lai, Hsiu Yun ^a,b   Hwang, I Hsuan ^c   Ho, Mei Man ^a   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77956692769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-274     Document Type: Article

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