Hidden in plain sight: Medical visit companions as a resource for vulnerable older adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1409-1415

  Wolff, Jennifer L ^a   Roter, Debra L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SELF REPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 47549112855     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.13.1409     Document Type: Article

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