Development of a home visitation programme for the early detection of health problems in potentially frail community-dwelling older people by general practices

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-60

  Stijnen, Mandy M N ^a   Jansen, Maria W J ^b   Vrijhoef, Hubertus J M ^c   Duimel Peeters, Inge G P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frailty; General practice; Geriatric assessment; Home visit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874958004     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-012-0251-7     Document Type: Article

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