Early discharge hospital at home

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Gonçalves Bradley, Daniela C ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^b   Doll, Helen A ^c   Broad, Joanna ^d   Gladman, John ^e   Langhorne, Peter ^f   Richards, Suzanne H ^g   Shepperd, Sasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ICON PLC   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY RATE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85021101367     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000356.pub4     Document Type: Review

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