Impact of integrated Home Care services on hospital use

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1430-1434

  Landi, Francesco ^a   Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b   Pola, Roberto ^a   Tabaccanti, Sandro ^c   Cavinato, Tullio ^c   Carbonin, PierUgo ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of General Medicine Veneto Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case management; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Costs; Home care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0032751131     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01562.x     Document Type: Article

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