Care by general practitioners and district nurses of patients receiving home nursing: A study from suburban Stockholm

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 208-212

  Modin, Sonja ^a   Furhoff, Anna Karin ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

District nurse; Family physician; General practitioner; Home medical care; Home nursing; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036953797     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134302321004854     Document Type: Article

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