Shifting stroke care from the hospital to the nursing home: Explaining the outcomes of a Dutch case

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1203-1208

  Van Raak, Arno ^a   Groothuis, Siebren ^a   Van Der Aa, Robert ^a   Limburg, Martien ^a   Vos, Leti ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

case study; patients flow; process redesign; routines; stroke care; supply chain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS REDESIGN; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; STROKE;

EID: 78650615145     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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