Feasibility study for early supported discharge in adults with respiratory infection in the UK

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Collins, Andrea M ^a,b   Eneje, Odiri J ^c   Hancock, Carole A ^a   Wootton, Daniel G ^b,c   Gordon, Stephen B ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early supported discharge; Feasibility; Patient acceptability; Pneumonia; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CENTER; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBURBAN AREA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896698141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-25     Document Type: Article

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