Integrated care for frail elderly compared to usual care: A study protocol of a quasi-experiment on the effects on the frail elderly, their caregivers, health professionals and health care costs

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fabbricotti, Isabelle Natalina ^a   Janse, Benjamin ^a   Looman, Wilhelmina Mijntje ^a   De Kuijper, Ruben ^b   Van Wijngaarden, Jeroen David Hendrikus ^a   Reiffers, Auktje ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Huisartsenpraktijk Arnemuiden   (Netherlands)

^c Walcherse Huisartsen Coöperatie ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Effectiveness elderly care; Frailty; Health professionals; Integrated care; Prevention; Primary care; Quasi experimental design; Vulnerable elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877349757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-31     Document Type: Article

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