Reducing emergency bed-days for older people? Network governance lessons from the 'Improving the Future for Older People' programme

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-66

  Sheaff, Rod ^a   Windle, Karen ^b   Wistow, Gerald ^c   Ashby, Sue ^d   Beech, Roger ^d   Dickinson, Angela ^e   Henderson, Catherine ^c   Knapp, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged 75 and over; Emergency admissions; Emergency bed days; England; Governance; Network; Older people

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SERVICE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED 75 AND OVER; EMERGENCY ADMISSIONS; EMERGENCY BED-DAYS; ENGLAND; GOVERNANCE; NETWORK; OLDER PEOPLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84896810263     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.033     Document Type: Article

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