Towards understanding variations in social care for older people in england

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 705-726

  Brand, Christian ^a   Hughes, Jane ^a   Challis, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care management; Long term care; Old age; Performance indicators; Regression analysis; Territorial justice

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84868108536     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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