From hospital to home and back again: A study in hospital admissions and deaths for home care patients

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-480

  Taft, Susan H ^a   Pierce, Christine A ^b   Gallo, Carrie L ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Resource Group   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Falls at home; Health care; Home care; Hospital admissions; Polypharmacy; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049155130     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822305278129     Document Type: Article

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