Hospitalization among Medicare-reimbursed skilled home health recipients

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-37

  O'Connor, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

acute care hospitalization; geriatric; home health; hospitalization; Medicare reimbursed home health; skilled home health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855546761     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822311419498     Document Type: Article

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