Decreased hospital utilization by older adults attributable to a home hospitalization program

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 591-598

  Stessman, Jochanan ^a,b   Ginsberg, Gary ^a,c   Hammerman Rozenberg, Robert ^b   Friedman, Reuven ^b   Ronen, David ^d   Israeli, Avi ^a   Cohen, Aaron ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Institute of Geriatric Medicine   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d Kupat Holim Clalit   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; ISRAEL;

EID: 0029932390     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01449.x     Document Type: Article

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