Substitution of Formal and Informal Home Care Service Use and Nursing Home Service Use: Health Outcomes, Decision-Making Preferences, and Implications for a Public Health Policy

• Главные авторы: Chia-Ching Chen (Автор), Tetsuji Yamada (Автор), Taeko Nakashima (Автор), I-Ming Chiu (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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ObjectivesThe purposes of this study are: (1) to empirically identify decision-making preferences of long-term health-care use, especially informal and formal home care (FHC) service use; (2) to evaluate outcomes vs. costs based on substitutability of informal and FHC service use; and (3) to investi...