Extreme Home Makeover - The Role of Intensive Home Health Care.

N Engl J Med

From the Population Health Management Department, Partners HealthCare System (L.T.), and Harvard Business School (K.A.S.) - both in Boston; and Duke Clinical Research Institute and Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (K.A.S.).

Published: November 2016

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