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. 2015 Jun;63(6):1265-6.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.13467.

Increasing Home Healthcare Referrals upon Discharge from U.S. Hospitals: 2001-2012

Christine D Jones  1 , Adit A Ginde  2 , Robert E Burke  3 , Heidi L Wald  1   4 , Frederick A Masoudi  5 , Rebecca S Boxer  6
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Increasing Home Healthcare Referrals upon Discharge from U.S. Hospitals: 2001-2012

Christine D Jones et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. Drs. Jones, Burke, and Ginde were supported by the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute (National Institutes of Health (NIH) UL1 TR001082). Dr. Ginde was also supported by NIH Grant K23AG040708.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Home Healthcare (HHC) Referrals at Discharge According to Condition: 2001–12.
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