Home care for older people in Sweden: A universal model in transition

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-309

  Szebehely, Marta ^a   Trydegård, Gun Britt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care of elderly people; Community care policies; Consumerism; European and International Patterns of Social Care; Home care; Informal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; TAX;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SWEDEN; TAXES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84859995915     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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