Home Hospital program: A pilot study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 697-702

  Leff, Bruce ^a,b,c,d   Burton, Lynda ^c   Guido, Susan ^a   Greenough, William B ^a,b   Steinwachs, Donald ^c   Burton, John R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home care services; Home hospital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0033061677     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01592.x     Document Type: Article

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