The 500-bed hospital that isn't there: The Victorian Department of Health review of the Hospital in the Home program

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 598-601

  Montalto, Michael ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL IN THE HOME PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78649653297     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04070.x     Document Type: Review

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