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To the Editor: As hospital stays are shortened and the population ages, more care must be provided at home. Physicians must be prepared to supervise home care as well as to provide it. Given the continuing evolution of vertically integrated health care systems, all physicians, both generalists and specialists, need to have these clinical skills and to understand the home care services available and the logistics of providing them.^1,2,3 This is true whether home care is coordinated with hospital care, used instead of institutional care, or used to ensure the provision of the most humane and cost-effective care.^4,5 Furthermore, by . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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