Medicare home visit program associated with fewer hospital and nursing home admissions, increased office visits

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2138-2146

  Mattke, Soeren ^a   Han, Dan ^b   Wilks, Asa ^b   Sloss, Elizabeth ^b  

^a RAND   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOME VISIT; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OFFICE VISITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951076736     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0583     Document Type: Article

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