Program at home: A veterans affairs healthcare program to deliver hospital care in the home

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2317-2322

  Mader, Scott L ^a,b   Medcraft, Marijo C ^a   Joseph, Carol ^a,b   Jenkins, Kay L ^a   Benton, Nancy ^a,b   Chapman, Kathleen ^a,c   Donius, Maggie A ^a,b   Baird, Carol ^a   Harper, Richard ^a,b   Ansari, Yasmin ^a,b   Jackson, Jim A ^a   Schutzer, William ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute medical illness; Department of Veterans Affairs; Elderly; Home hospital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 57149137503     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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