Looking inside the black box of community rehabilitation and intermediate care teams in the United Kingdom: An audit of service and staffing configuration

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 323-333

  Nancarrow, Susan ^a   Moran, Anna ^b   Freeman, Jenny ^c   Enderby, Pamela ^c   Dixon, Simon ^c   Parker, Stuart ^d   Bradburn, Mike ^e  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Health Services Research Section   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Health Care for Older People ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community rehabilitation; Intermediate care; Service configuration; Staffing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SKILL MIX; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 72849136696     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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