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“It’s Like Riding Out the Chaos”: Caring for Socially Complex Patients in an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU)

Brian Chan, Elizabeth Hulen, Samuel Edwards, Matthew Mitchell, Christina Nicolaidis and Somnath Saha
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2019, 17 (6) 495-501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2464
Brian Chan
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
2Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon
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  • For correspondence: chanbri@ohsu.edu
Elizabeth Hulen
3Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
4Department of Sociology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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Samuel Edwards
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
3Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
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Matthew Mitchell
2Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon
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Christina Nicolaidis
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
5School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
6School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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vol. 17 no. 6 495-501
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2464
PubMed 
31712287

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication November 29, 2018
  • Revision received May 13, 2019
  • Accepted for publication May 24, 2019
  • Published online November 11, 2019.

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  1. Brian Chan, MD, MPH1,2⇑,
  2. Elizabeth Hulen, MA3,4,
  3. Samuel Edwards, MD, MPH1,3,
  4. Matthew Mitchell, MTS2,
  5. Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH1,5,6 and
  6. Somnath Saha, MD, MPH1,3
  1. 1Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
  2. 2Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon
  3. 3Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
  4. 4Department of Sociology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
  5. 5School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
  6. 6School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Brian Chan, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of General, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road L475, Portland, OR 97239-3098, chanbri{at}ohsu.edu

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