Preventive home visits to elderly people in Denmark

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Hendriksen, C ^a   Vass, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Elderly people; Preventive home visits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 26244466595     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-005-1109-9     Document Type: Article

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