Is it time to implement a value-for-money approach in healthcare of the elderly?

Healthcare Papers

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  MacAdam, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 79953686198     PISSN: 1488917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpap.2011.22248     Document Type: Review

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