The role of a specialist team in implementing continuing health care guidelines in hospitalized patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-216

  Cockram, Alice ^a   Gibb, Rose ^a   Kalra, Lalit ^b  

^a Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Orpington Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex disability; Continuing care; Specialized team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0030791155     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.3.211     Document Type: Article

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