Hospital-based home health care programs: a descriptive study.
The changing health care delivery systems have encouraged extension of inpatient services into the home. The authors' study provides a description of hospital-based home health programs among 312 central United States hospitals. Areas of focus are market segments, range of services, financial dimensions, and organizational features, implications for marketing and management are addressed.
D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D014481:United States