Integrated Care for Older Adults Improves Perceived Quality of Care: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Embrace

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 516-523

  Uittenbroek, Ronald J ^a   Kremer, Hubertus P H ^a   Spoorenberg, Sophie L W ^a   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a   Wynia, Klaske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

integrated care; older adults; patient centered care; quality of care; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAILTY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INDEPENDENT LIVING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 85018595484     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3742-y     Document Type: Article

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