This article addresses whether the use of Medicare home health services differs systematically for rural and urban beneficiaries. It draws on Medicare data bases from 1983, 1985, and 1987, including the Health Insurance Skeleton Write-Off (HISKEW) files and the Home Health Agency (HHA) 40-percent Bill Skeleton files. It presents background information on rural and urban beneficiaries and contra...

BACKGROUND Armed conflict and socio-demographic characteristics of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are very important factors that influence the provision of reproductive health (RH) in humanitarian settings. Maternal health education plays a crucial role to overcome the barriers of RH care, reduce home births conducted by traditional birth attendants (TBAs), and improve increasing births i...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the association between home visit programs and emergency preparedness among elderly vulnerable people in New South Wales, Australia. Method: The study used data acquired from an intervention program run by emergency agencies and consisted of 370 older people. Seven emergency outcome measures were examined by adjusting for key demographic facto...

BACKGROUND There is a debate on whether preventive home visits to older people have any impact. This study was undertaken to investigate whether preventive home visits by professional health workers to older persons can postpone mortality in a Swedish context. METHOD A controlled trial in a small community in the north of Sweden. Participants are healthy pensioners aged 75 years and over. 196...

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,...

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