Informal in-hospital care in a rehabilitation setting in Greece: An estimation of the nursing staff required for substituting this care

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-11

  Sapountzi Krepia, Despina ^a,f   Raftopoulos, V ^b   Sgantzos, M ^c   Dimitriadou, A ^a   Ntourou, I ^d   Sapkas, G ^e  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost estimation; Informal carers; Informal in hospital care; Nursing shortage; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING SHORTAGE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION NURSING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GREECE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 30844441174     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500165070     Document Type: Article

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