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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...
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 کاملPatient satisfaction with emergency house calls.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To identify determinants of patient satisfaction with emergency house calls and to assess the properties of a satisfaction measurement questionnaire. DESIGN Patient survey, combined with routinely collected information on the circumstances of the house call. SETTING Emergency house calls provided by an independent emergency care organization (ECO) in Geneva, Switzerland. ...
متن کاملMore house calls by fewer physicians.
Before World War II 40% of patient visits were conducted in the home. Since then the number of house calls by physicians had been decreasing until 1998 when payment restructuring improved reimbursement. As the article by Peterson et al points out, the number of patients receiving house calls has increased in recent years, yet the number of physicians making house calls has decreased. This may b...
متن کاملMobile ICT solution for house calls health care support
Home health care covers a wide range of activities for example, house calls, emergency medical assistance and medical home care. Although in Slovenia the number of house calls compared with visits in a clinic is constantly declining, we find that IT can best help doctors performing fieldwork, dealing with serious chronic illnesses, or helping the elderly, disabled or dying patients because they...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010864