Community rehabilitation for older people: Day hospital or home-based services?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-4

  Forster, Anne ^a   Young, John ^a  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 78650364383     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq136     Document Type: Editorial

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