The acute-aged care interface: Exploring the dynamics of 'bed blocking'

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 116-120

  Travers, Catherine M ^a,g   McDonnell, Geoff D ^b   Broe, Gerald A ^c   Anderson, Phil ^d   Karmel, Rosemary ^d   Duckett, Stephen J ^e   Gray, Len C ^f  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Adaptive Care Systems   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Computer simulation; Health policy; Health services for the aged; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 48849105585     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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