Trends in home diagnostic testing for medicare beneficiaries [9]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-140

  Landers, Steven H ^a   Peterson, Lars E ^a   Madigan, Elizabeth A ^b   Xu, Fang ^a   Koroukian, Siran M ^a,b  

^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

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; ULTRASOUND; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845985614     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.01014.x     Document Type: Letter

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