title: The home medical equipment industry: a home care perspective.
abstract: The home medical equipment industry, under fire from the media and consumer affairs organizations, is aligning itself with the home care industry in an attempt to change its image. Until the medical equipment industry is able to take care of some problems, however, the home care industry should be wary of such an alliance.
authors: National Association for Home Care.
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Hoyer
mesh_terms: D004389:Durable Medical Equipment / Q000592:standards*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004989:Ethics; D005607:Fraud; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D016635:Universal Precautions