Evolving the delivery of acute care services in the home

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-74

  McWilliam, C L ^a   Godfrey, Barbara ^b   Stewart, Moira ^a   Sangster, John ^a   Mitchell, Joan ^c   Cohen, Irene ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c C/o Community Care Access Centre of London & Middlese ^*  (Canada)

^d Whitehills Medical Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute home care; Hospital in the home; In home medical care; Nurse practitioner role

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0038348812     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v22n01_04     Document Type: Article

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