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Physician • Le Médecin de famille canadien 2053 Home assessment and care Catherine …

Home assessment visits in which a family practice resident accompanied by a social worker
and a specially trained nurse go to a patient's home have been a part of the curriculum for …

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 …

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 …

Physician-patient encounters in the home setting have decreased dramatically in the United
States in recent years. This has occurred in spite of the continued important role the home …

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 …

Paul Sawchuk MD MBA CCFP FCFP One of my goals in my year as President is to use this
space to highlight some of the great work family physicians do across Canada. Last month I …

A growing elderly population suffering from chronic and debilitating diseases, the rising cost
of institutional care, and increasing demand from patients for home visits indicate that home …

Background The controversy over the proper use of the home visit in family practice and in
resident education is real. A recent authoritative book of guidelines for family practice …

The study by Branch and his colleagues of the incidence of comprehensive medical home
care use among the elderly in East Boston,'in this issue of the Journal, is the first prospective …