Preventive home visits to older people in Denmark: Methodology of a randomized controlled study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 509-515

  Vass, Mikkel ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Hendriksen, Carsten ^a   Andersen, Christian K ^b   Keiding, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community intervention; Functional ability; In home geriatric assessment; Older people; Preventive home visits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036966676     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327352     Document Type: Article

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