Nurse Practitioners Aiding Frail Elderly Through Home Visits

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 212-216

  Duckworth, Joy M ^a   Repede, Elizabeth ^a   Elliott, Lydia ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; home visits; medical home; nurse practitioner; patient centered; quality care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884536509     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822313484760     Document Type: Review

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