Reducing hospital admissions in older care home residents: a 4-year evaluation of the care home innovation Programme (CHIP)
Abstract Background Older care home residents frequently attend emergency departments with a high conversion to admissions. For this purpose, a novel Care Home Innovation Programme (CHIP) was introduced with the aim of reducing potentially avoidable hospital admissions by 30%. The aim of this study...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4945-9 |