Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors.

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Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors.

August 3, 2011

Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care. Washington, DC: National Research Council; 2011. ISBN: 9780309212366.

This report discusses the results of a 2009 AHRQ-funded workshop on how human factors can be applied to home-based care.

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