Perspective: Transforming chronic care for older persons

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 627-631

  Boult, Chad ^a,b   Christmas, Colleen ^c,d   Durso, Samuel C ^d   Leff, Bruce ^d   Boult, Lisa B ^d   Fried, Linda P ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; AGE; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47549091349     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181782b14     Document Type: Review

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