An emerging model of primary care for older adults: The house call-home care practice

Care Management Journals

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Landers, Steven H ^a   Gunn, Paul W ^b   Stange, Kurt C ^b  

^a Cleveland Clinic Center for Home Care Services   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Home care; House calls; Models of care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349686936     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.10.3.110     Document Type: Article

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