Residential Aged Care Policy in Australia - Are We Learning from Evidence?

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-141

  Baldwin, Richard ^a   Chenoweth, Lynn ^a   dela Rama, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health policy; Not for profits; Policy development and reform; Residential aged care; Social services; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929836302     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.12131     Document Type: Article

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