From hospital to nursing facility: factors influencing decisions

Health and Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-15

  Mason, Susan E ^a   Auerbach, Charles ^a   Laporte, Heidi Heft ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Home care; Hospital social workers; Nursing facility

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349130723     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/34.1.8     Document Type: Article

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