Comparison of home health and hospice care agencies by organizational characteristics and services provided: United States, 2007

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 30, 2010, Pages

  Park Lee, Eunice Y ^a   Decker, Frederic H ^a  

^a Division of Health Care Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Home health care; Hospice care; National Home and Hospice Care Survey; Organizational characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872765073     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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