'It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it': Lessons for health care from decommissioning of older people's services

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 614-622

  Robinson, Suzanne ^a   Glasby, Jon ^b   Allen, Kerry ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decommissioning; Disinvestment; Lessons for health care; Older people's services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMMISSIONING; DISINVESTMENT; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LESSONS FOR HEALTH-CARE; MANAGEMENT; OLDER PEOPLE'S SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DECOMMISSIONING; DISINVESTMENT; LESSONS FOR HEALTH-CARE; OLDER PEOPLE'S SERVICES;

AGED; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84885469554     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12046     Document Type: Article

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