Designated specialized units: How Ontario's long-term care homes fill a gap in care

Healthcare Management Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 264-268

  Orosz, Zsofia ^a   Porteous, Amy ^b   Donskov, Melissa ^a   Luciani, Tracy ^a   Walker, Peter ^a  

^a Public Health and Long Term Care Branch   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; ONTARIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODIALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84994218598     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: 23523883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0840470416659880     Document Type: Article

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