The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 567-569

  Morley, John E ^a   Abele, Patricia ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE DENSITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLONOSCOPY; DEPRESSION; DIET; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RECREATION; SOCIALIZATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; WELLBEING; AGED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME VISIT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979691956     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.008     Document Type: Editorial

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