The return of the house call

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 587-588

  Daschle, Thomas ^a   Dorsey, E Ray ^b  

^a Daschle Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSUMER; CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICARE; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMEDICINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIRTUAL VISIT; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928116482     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2769     Document Type: Note

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