Trends in physician house calls to medicare beneficiaries

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 862-868

  Peterson, Lars E ^a   Landers, Steven H ^b   Bazemore, Andrew ^c  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VNA Health Group   (United States)

^c ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; House calls; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERUMEN IMPACTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHLEBOTOMY; RURAL AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84869228990     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120046     Document Type: Article

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