Integrated care at home reduces unnecessary hospitalizations of community-dwelling frail older adults: a prospective controlled trial

Pollina et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d728798a0e2c5879befafd — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0449-9

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