Telehealth and hospitalizations for medicare home healthcare patients

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Hsueh Fen ^a   Kalish, M Christine ^b   Pagán, José A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Brittain Kalish Group LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; TELEMEDICINE; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960236220     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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