All dressed up but nowhere to go? Delayed hospital discharges and older people

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-58

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 31044445292     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581906775094208     Document Type: Review

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