Preventive home visits to home-dwelling older people and hospital admissions: A municipality-randomised intervention trial

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Vass, M ^a   Hendriksen, C ^a   Thomsen, J L ^b   Parner, E T ^b   Avlund, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community intervention; Functional decline; Hospital admissions; Older people; Preventive home visits

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349087596     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-007-0069-x     Document Type: Article

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