title: Private duty home health care: unchartered water for researchers.
abstract: The private duty home care industry is an extremely active sector of home health care provided in the United States. According to the National Health Expenditure Survey from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Over $52.7 billion was spent on home care in 2006.
authors.affiliation: NAHC, USA. aat@nahc.org
authors.forename: Amanda A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009744:Nursing, Private Duty; D014481:United States