Journal article
Home care evolution in alberta: how have palliative clients fared?
Abstract
This study compared palliative and non-palliative home care clients, services and providers, and described changes over a decade of health system reform (1991/92-2000/01). Complete individual-anonymous data from Alberta's home care database were analyzed. Over these 10 years, 7.0% of all home care clients were classified as palliative. The proportion of home care clients who were classified as palliative varied from 2.2% to 9.6% among health …
Authors
Wilson DM; Truman C; Huang J; Sheps S; Birch S; Thomas R; Noseworthy T
Journal
Healthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 58–69
Publisher
Longwoods Publishing
Publication Date
May 15, 2007
DOI
10.12927/hcpol.2007.18875
ISSN
1715-6572