Reduction in symptoms for homebound patients receiving home-based primary and palliative care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1048-1054

  Ornstein, Katherine ^a   Wajnberg, Ania ^b   Kaye Kauderer, Halley ^c   Winkel, Gary ^a   Decherrie, Linda ^a   Zhang, Meng ^b   Soriano, Theresa ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME BASED PRIMARY AND PALLIATIVE CARE; HOME CARE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884478571     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0546     Document Type: Article

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