When the patient cannot come to the doctor: A medical housecalls program

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 226-231

  Fried, Terri R ^a,b   Wachtel, Tom J ^c   Tinetti, Mary E ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031943681     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02544.x     Document Type: Article

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