The utilization of home care by the elderly in Brazil's primary health care system

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 868-874

  Thumé, Elaine ^a,b   Facchini, Luiz Augusto ^b   Wyshak, Grace ^a   Campbell, Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79954619563     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.184648     Document Type: Article

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