Prolonged effects of a home-based intervention in patients with chronic illness

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 645-650

  Pearson, Sue ^a   Inglis, Sally C ^a   McLennan, Skye N ^a   Brennan, Lucy ^a   Russell, Mary ^a   Wilkinson, David ^b   Thompson, David R ^c   Stewart, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33645464947     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.6.645     Document Type: Article

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