The making of local hospital discharge arrangements: Specifying the role of professional groups

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Burau, Viola ^a,b   Bro, Flemming ^b  

^a Public Health and Quality Improvement   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hospital discharge; Local contexts; Organisational change; Professional groups

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DENMARK; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

DENMARK; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84938574675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0963-4     Document Type: Article

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