Home-Based Primary Care and the risk of ambulatory care-sensitive condition hospitalization among older veterans with diabetes mellitus

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1796-1803

  Edwards, Samuel T ^a,b   Prentice, Julia C ^a,c   Simon, Steven R ^a,b,d   Pizer, Steven D ^a,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONYLUREA;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VETERAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 84925282935     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4327     Document Type: Article

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