Use of primary care teams by HMOS for care of long-stay nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Farley, Donna O ^a   Zellman, Gail ^a   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b   Reuben, David B ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health maintenance organizations; Medicare HMOs; Nursing home residents; Primary care teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 0032940993     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb04570.x     Document Type: Article

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