Senior health clinics: Are they financially viable?: Models of geriatric care, quality improvement and program dissemination

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1293-1299

  McAtee, Robin E ^a,b   Crandall, Debra ^c   Wright, Larry D ^b   Beverly, Claudia J ^b  

^a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Northwest Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinic; Geriatric; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649803244     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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