Reducing hospital bed use by frail older people: Results from a systematic review of the literature

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 13, Issue OCT/DEC, 2013, Pages

  Philp, Ian ^a   Mills, Karen A ^b   Thanvi, Bhomraj ^c   Ghosh, Kris ^c   Long, Judith F ^a  

^a HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admissions avoidance; Hospital bed use; Integrated care; Older people; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897594479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.1148     Document Type: Article

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