Home care clients in the last year of life: Is material deprivation associated with service characteristics?

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 954-973

  Goodridge, Donna ^a   Buckley, Alan ^b   Marko, Josh ^b   Steeves, Megan ^a   Turner, Hollie ^a   Whitehead, Steve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; end of life care; equity; material deprivation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 80051539056     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264311402687     Document Type: Article

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