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A house call is a visit to the home of a patient or client by a doctor or other professional.〔Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.〕 In some locations, families used to pay dues to a particular practice to underwrite house calls.〔Twain, Mark. (1905 & editor commentary 2010 & 2001) ''Autobiography of Mark Twain, The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1.'' Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520267190〕
==History==
In the early 1960s, house calls by doctors were 40% of doctor-patient meetings. By 1980, it was only 0.6%. Reasons include increased specialization and technology. In the 1990s, team home care, including physician visits, was a small but growing field in health care, for frail older people with chronic illnesses, but then 2000 health agencies went out of business.
The reasons for fewer house calls include lack of physician education, concerns about providing low-quality care in the home, time inefficiency, inconvenience, and lower pay. Yet, there are more and more doctors who like the idea of no office overhead. Also, it can provide safe access to care by people who are ill.〔Leff, Bruce, MD; Burton, John R. (2001) ''The Future History of Home Care and Physician House Calls in the United States.'' The Gerontological Society of America: Journal of Gerontology: MEDICAL SCIENCES 2001, Vol. 56A, No. 10, M603–M608 Oxford University〕 Today, house calls may be making a revival among the wealthy through concierge telemedicine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Concierge telemedicine, the future house call )〕
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