Providing effective and preferred care closer to home: A realist review of intermediate care

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 577-593

  Pearson, Mark ^a   Hunt, Harriet ^a   Cooper, Chris ^a   Shepperd, Sasha ^b   Pawson, Ray ^c   Anderson, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community healthcare; Integrated care; Re enablement; Service delivery and organisation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIAL WORK; STROKE; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENVIRONMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIAL WORK; STROKE; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84942988938     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12183     Document Type: Review

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