Eligibility for home care certification: What clinicians should know

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 705-709

  Wachtel, Tom J ^a   Gifford, David R ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CERTIFICATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; GUIDELINES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031714809     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00208.x     Document Type: Review

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