Frontloading and Intensity of Skilled Home Health Visits: A State of the Science

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 159-175

  O'Connor, Melissa ^a   Bowles, Kathryn H ^b   Feldman, Penny H ^c   St Pierre, Mary ^d   Jarrín, Olga ^b   Shah, Shivani ^c   Murtaugh, Christopher M ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d National Association for Home Care   (United States)

Author keywords

frontloading; rehospitalization; skilled home health; visit intensity

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOME HEALTH NURSING; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 84906259030     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2014.931768     Document Type: Article

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