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House calls.
House calls provide a unique perspective on patients' environment and health problems. The demand for house calls is expected to increase considerably in future decades as the U.S. population ages. Although study results have been inconsistent, house calls involving multidisciplinary teams may reduce hospital readmissions and long-term care facility stays. Common indications for house calls are...
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The oncology population is particularly affected by hospital readmissions because hospitalized patients with cancer often have complex needs. The complexity and diversity of care requirements create substantial challenges in planning for appropriate postdischarge support. Implementing postdischarge telephone calls in the population of patients with cancer could offer a low-cost intervention to ...
متن کاملHouse calls and home care.
HOUSE CALLS AND DOMICILIARY VISITS Introduction A growing number of people in the United States are homebound and need in-home health care services. “House calls” refer to the provision of physician services to patients in their homes or apartments, including independent living centers. Domiciliary visits refer to physician services provided to patients who reside in assisted living facilities,...
متن کاملPhysicians' opinions on compensation for telephone calls.
OBJECTIVES To describe the attitudes of pediatricians and other physicians practicing in a fee-for-service environment toward compensation for telephone encounters with patients. DESIGN Survey by mail. PARTICIPANTS The 67 pediatric and 634 other private physicians and medical school faculty of Albany County, NY. RESULTS A total of 479 of all the physicians (68.3%) and 55 of the pediatrici...
متن کاملTelephone calls by individuals with cancer.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe symptom type and reporting patterns found in spontaneously initiated telephone calls placed to an ambulatory cancer center practice. DESIGN Retrospective, descriptive. SETTING Adult hematology oncology cancer center. SAMPLE 563 individuals with a wide range of oncology diagnoses who initiated 1,229 telephone calls to report symptoms. METHODS Raw data were ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.68.1.14