Impact of a Home-Based Primary Care Program in an Urban Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Chang, Christine ^a,c   Jackson, Susan S ^a,b   Bullman, Tim A ^a   Cobbs, Elizabeth L ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HBPC; home health care; house calls; outcomes; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 58849157643     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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