Who receives house calls?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1581-1582

  Liang, Hao Wei ^a   Landers, Steven H ^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

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 51249116043     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01782.x     Document Type: Letter

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