Preventive home visits to elderly people in the community

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7259, 2000, Pages 512-

  Newbury, Jonathan ^a   Marley, John ^a   Fletcher, Astrid ^b   Bulpitt, Christopher ^c   Stuck, Andreas ^d   Egger, Matthias ^e   Minder, Christoph E ^f   Iliffe, Steve ^g   Beck, John C ^h   Van Haastregt, Jolanda C M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g Lonsdale Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALLING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034686799     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7259.512     Document Type: Letter

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