Variations in quality of Home Care between sites across Europe, as measured by Home Care Quality Indicators
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interRAI home care quality indicators
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عنوان ژورنال: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1594-0667,1720-8319
DOI: 10.1007/bf03324709