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Home care in the older person
L Repetto1, C Granetto, A Venturino
1Department of Medical Oncology I, National Cancer Institute of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Life expectancy has progressively increased in Western countries over the last few decades. The number of individuals over age 65 also has increased. Home health care, as an alternative to hospital and ambulatory care, is currently one of the fastest growing sectors of the health care market and has met the favor of most patients and families.