Structured home visits to older people. Are they only of benefit for women? A randomised controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-111

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment; Community intervention; Functional ability; Longitudinal studies; Older people; Preventive home visits

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042670622     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430410005829     Document Type: Article

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