Team structure and adverse events in home health care.

Penny Hollander Feldman; John Bridges; Timothy Peng

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Team structure and adverse events in home health care.

June 6, 2007

Feldman PH, Bridges J, Peng T. Med Care. 2007;45(6):553-61.

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The investigators examined the role of team variables, such as workload and number of weekend visits, as possible contributors to adverse events in home health care.

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