Home delivery - Bringing primary care to the housebound elderly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2409-2412

  Okie, Susan ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 57349147066     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0808067     Document Type: Article

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