title: When patients lose the Medicare venipuncture benefit: one agency's story.
abstract: Visiting Health Professionals (VHP) in Asheville, North Carolina, conducted two studies to determine what happened to VHP patients affected by the loss of the Medicare venipuncture benefit. The first study, published in October 1998, examined the patients at three months post-discharge (see April 1999 issue of CARING). This study followed up with the same patients at six months post-discharge.
authors.affiliation: Visiting Health Professionals, Asheville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Magruder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Legeay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006304:Health Status; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009657:North Carolina; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology