Growth in home health care fails to keep up with surging demand (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Growth in home health care fails to keep up with surging demand

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"More and more older adults are homebound and have a hard time getting to their medical providers," said researcher Justin B. Mutter, MD, the section head of Geriatric Medicine at UVA Health, who provides home visits through UVA's Virginia at Home (VaH) program. "House calls bring the best of person-centered medical care to where many need it most: their home environment."

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