Show me the way to go home: A narrative review of the literature on delayed hospital discharges and older people

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1189-1197

  Glasby, Jon ^a   Littlechild, Rosemary ^b   Pryce, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Delayed hospital discharge; Health and social care; Partnership working; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844234101     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch136     Document Type: Review

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