title: Independent provider programs. At what price choice?
abstract: Independent provider programs may work well for those who are willing and able to find, screen, and dismiss their own providers, but agency-directed care must be an option for those who will not or cannot oversee every step of their own care.
authors.affiliation: National Homecare Systems, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Heaney
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States