Fewer hospitalizations result when primary care is highly integrated into a continuing care retirement community

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 975-984

  Bynum, Julie P W ^a   Andrews, Alice ^a   Sharp, Sandra ^a   McCullough, Dennis ^b   Wennberg, John E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETIREMENT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COST CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 80051517666     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1102     Document Type: Article

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