Home visits to prevent nursing home admission and functional decline in elderly people: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

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Published in JAMA on February 27, 2002

Authors

Andreas E Stuck1, Matthias Egger, Andreas Hammer, Christoph E Minder, John C Beck

Author Affiliations

1: Zentrum Geriatrie-Rehabilitation, Spital Bern Ziegler, Morillonstrasse 75, CH-3001, Bern, Switzerland. andreas.stuck@spitalbern.ch

Associated clinical trials:

Determining the Needs of Aging People With Disabilities (PHV) | NCT02735005

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