Do community hospitals reduce the use of district general hospital inpatient beds?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 681-687

  Hine, Christine ^a,c   Wood, Victorine A ^a,b   Taylor, Stephen ^a   Charny, Mark ^a  

^a Southgate House   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Avon Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST CONTROL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030445359     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608901207     Document Type: Article

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