Does hospital-at-home make economic sense? Early discharge versus standard care for orthopaedic patients

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 548-551

  Hensher, Martin ^a   Fulop, Naomi ^b   Hood, Sonja ^b   Ujah, Sarah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kensington/Chelsea/Westminster HA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; ORTHOPEDICS;

EID: 0029862308     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608901003     Document Type: Article

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