Restructuring Primary Care Practices to Manage Geriatric Syndromes: The ACOVE-2 Intervention

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1787-1793

  Reuben, David B ^a   Roth, Carol ^b   Kamberg, Caren ^b   Wenger, Neil S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Falls; Geriatric assessment; Healthcare delivery; Incontinence

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0037663585     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51565.x     Document Type: Review

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