Trends in house calls to medicare beneficiaries [5]

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2435-2436

  Landers, Steven H ^a   Gunn, Paul W ^a   Flocke, Susan A ^a   Graham, Antonnette V ^a   Kikano, George E ^a   Moore, Shirley M ^b   Stange, Kurt C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 27744605690     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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