Transition care: Will it deliver?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-253

  Gray, Len C ^a   Travers, Catherine M ^a   Bartlett, Helen P ^a   Crotty, Maria ^b   Cameron, Ian D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; AFTERCARE; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE;

EID: 42449163125     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01600.x     Document Type: Article

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