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Home Health Care Workers’ Interactions with Medical Providers, Home Care Agencies, and Family Members for Patients with Heart Failure

Madeline R. Sterling, Joanna Bryan Ringel, Barbara Riegel, Parag Goyal, Alicia I. Arbaje, Kathryn H. Bowles, Margaret V. McDonald and Lisa M. Kern
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine April 2023, 36 (2) 369-375; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220204R2
Madeline R. Sterling
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Joanna Bryan Ringel
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Barbara Riegel
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Parag Goyal
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Alicia I. Arbaje
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Kathryn H. Bowles
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Margaret V. McDonald
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Lisa M. Kern
From the Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (MRS, JBR, PG, LMK); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia (BR, KHB); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (AIA); Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, New York, NY (KHB, MVM).
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Madeline R. Sterling, Joanna Bryan Ringel, Barbara Riegel, Parag Goyal, Alicia I. Arbaje, Kathryn H. Bowles, Margaret V. McDonald, Lisa M. Kern
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Apr 2023, 36 (2) 369-375; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220204R2

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Madeline R. Sterling, Joanna Bryan Ringel, Barbara Riegel, Parag Goyal, Alicia I. Arbaje, Kathryn H. Bowles, Margaret V. McDonald, Lisa M. Kern
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Apr 2023, 36 (2) 369-375; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220204R2
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