Reducing hospital admissions from care homes: Considering the role of a local enhanced service from GPs

Working with Older People

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-12

  Briggs, Daniel ^a   Bright, Les ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; GPs; Hospital admissions; Local enhanced service; Patients' experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952581386     PISSN: 13663666     EISSN: 20428790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/wwop.2011.0114     Document Type: Article

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3. Laing & Buisson (2010) Care of Elderly People: UK market survey 2010-11. London: Laing and Buisson.
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