Preventive home visits postpone mortality - A controlled trial with time-limited results

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sahlen, Klas Göran ^a   Dahlgren, Lars ^a   Hellner, Britt Mari ^b   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Lindholm, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORTALITY; PENSIONER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748965360     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-220     Document Type: Article

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