Intermediate care in England: Where next?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-341

  Young, John ^a   Stevenson, Jan ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Health and Social Care Change Agent Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community services; Elderly; Intermediate care; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERMEDIATE CARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL CARE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33745369539     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl026     Document Type: Note

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