Stemming the tide of readmissions: Patient, practice or practitioner?

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-181

  Brown, J ^a,b   Gray, Christopher S ^b  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031901859     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259898008284     Document Type: Review

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