"House Calls" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Visits to the patient's home by professional personnel for the purpose of diagnosis and/or treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D006792
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.758.307
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| Concept/Terms |
House Calls- House Calls
- Call, House
- Calls, House
- House Call
- Home Visits
- Home Visit
- Visit, Home
- Visits, Home
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "House Calls" by people in Profiles.
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Miller RK, Keddem S, Katz S, Smith Z, Whitehouse CR, Goldstein K, Hirschman KB, Johnson JC. Intern Transitions of Care Curriculum Through Posthospital Home and Skilled Nursing Facility Visits. J Grad Med Educ. 2018 Aug; 10(4):442-448.
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Coller RJ, Nelson BB, Sklansky DJ, Saenz AA, Klitzner TS, Lerner CF, Chung PJ. Preventing hospitalizations in children with medical complexity: a systematic review. Pediatrics. 2014 Dec; 134(6):e1628-47.
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Hervada-Page M, Fayock KS, Sifri R, Markham FW. The home visit experience: a medical student's perspective. Care Manag J. 2007; 8(4):206-10.
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Whellan DJ. Heart failure disease management: implementation and outcomes. Cardiol Rev. 2005 Sep-Oct; 13(5):231-9.
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Perkel RL, Silenzio VM, Kairys MZ. A house call program as an essential component of primary care training. Prim Care. 1996 Mar; 23(1):47-65.
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Perkel RL, Kairys MZ, Diamond JJ, Chambers CV, Rosenthal MP, Plumb JD, Valko GP, Hervada-Page M. Eleven years of house calls: a description of a family practice residency program's experience from 1981-1992 with an urban home visit program for the elderly. J Long Term Home Health Care. 1994; 13(4):13-26.
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Balaban DJ, Goldfarb NI, Perkel RL, Carlson BL. Follow-up study of an urban family medicine home visit program. J Fam Pract. 1988 Mar; 26(3):307-12.