Effect of preventive home visits by a nurse on the outcomes of frail elderly people in the community: A randomized controlled trial

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 497-500

  Dalby, Dawn M ^a,b   Sellers, John W ^a,b   Fräser, Fred D ^b,c   Fraser, Catherine ^b,d   Van Ineveld, Cornelia ^c,d   Howard, Michelle ^a,d  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Stoney Creek Clinic Health Service Organization   (Canada)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034701076     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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