RT Journal
A1 Suter P, Stuart B, Hennessey B
T1 IS reducing home health a step in the right direction?
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD September 26
VO 171
IS 17
SP 1597
OP 1598
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.430
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.430
AB 
The report by Boult et al1 titled “The Effect of Guided Care Teams on the Use of Health Services” in the March 21, 2011, issue of the Archives concluded that the addition of guided care services within a primary care practice setting did not reduce health care utilization with 1 exception: home health care.1 However, is a physician office-based nurse optimally situated to reduce avoidable emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations? Would a nurse who intervenes in the home environment have greater impact?