Background: Recent changes in the North American health care system and certain
demographic factors have led to increases in home care services. Little information is …

Background.—Over the past decade, while physician home visiting has continued to
decline, the home care industry has been experiencing dramatic growth. In response …

Background: Robust and integrated primary care and home care are core components of
effective chronic disease management in the community. We described the primary care and …

Objectives: To determine in depth the added value, the disadvantage and/or benefit of a
home visit versus an office encounter and to study the factors which determine the request …

Objective: Assess home care practice and attitudes of Minnesota family physicians (FPs).
Design: Mailed survey. Setting: State of Minnesota. Participants: Members of the Minnesota …

Objectives: Home visits have been shown to improve quality of care and lower medical costs
for complex elderly patients. We investigated trends in physician home visits and domiciliary …

OBJECTIVETo review trends and current practices in delivery of medical care at home.
QUALITY OF EVIDENCEA MEDLINE search from January 1989 to March 2000 yielded 65 …

Background: In Belgium 46% of the GP-patient encounters are home visits. This is the
highest percentage in the world. Objective: To analyse 'system characteristics' and 'patient …

Home care is currently one of the most rapidly growing fields in health care, yet it is a subject
that the majority of physicians know little about. The purposes of this discussion are, first, to …

Fewer home visits are made today than in years gone by. An American Medical Association
report (1) revealed that American physicians now make 17 million house calls each year …