Homebound Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Quality of Care in Home-Based Primary Care: A Qualitative Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1622-1627

  Shafir, Adi ^a   Garrigues, Sarah K ^b   Schenker, Yael ^c   Leff, Bruce ^d   Neil, Jessica ^b   Ritchie, Christine ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Jewish Home of San Francisco Center for Research on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

home based primary care; patient and caregiver perspective; qualitative study; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COORDINATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMERGENCY WARD; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; INSURANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 84982281281     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14244     Document Type: Article

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