Recommendations to Improve Health Outcomes Through Recognizing and Supporting Caregivers

Luci K. Leykum; Lauren S. Penney; Stuti Dang; Ranak B. Trivedi; Polly H. Noël; Jacqueline A. Pugh; Megan E. Shepherd-Banigan; Mary Jo Pugh; Rand Rupper; Erin Finley; Julie Parish-Johnson; Roxana Delgado; Kimberly Peacock; Andrea Kalvesmaki; Courtney H. Van Houtven

doi:10.1007/s11606-021-07247-w

Recommendations to Improve Health Outcomes Through Recognizing and Supporting Caregivers

Luci K. Leykum, Lauren S. Penney, Stuti Dang, Ranak B. Trivedi, Polly H. Noël, Jacqueline A. Pugh, Megan E. Shepherd-Banigan, Mary Jo Pugh, Rand Rupper, Erin Finley, Julie Parish-Johnson, Roxana Delgado, Kimberly Peacock, Andrea Kalvesmaki, Courtney H. Van Houtven

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1265-1269
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of General Internal Medicine
Volume	37
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07247-w
State	Published - Apr 2022

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Leykum, L. K., Penney, L. S., Dang, S., Trivedi, R. B., Noël, P. H., Pugh, J. A., Shepherd-Banigan, M. E., Pugh, M. J., Rupper, R., Finley, E., Parish-Johnson, J., Delgado, R., Peacock, K., Kalvesmaki, A., & Van Houtven, C. H. (2022). Recommendations to Improve Health Outcomes Through Recognizing and Supporting Caregivers. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(5), 1265-1269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07247-w

Leykum, LK, Penney, LS, Dang, S, Trivedi, RB, Noël, PH, Pugh, JA, Shepherd-Banigan, ME, Pugh, MJ, Rupper, R, Finley, E, Parish-Johnson, J, Delgado, R , Peacock, K, Kalvesmaki, A & Van Houtven, CH 2022, 'Recommendations to Improve Health Outcomes Through Recognizing and Supporting Caregivers', Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1265-1269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07247-w

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