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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Main Authors: Clarissa Giebel, Debbie Harvey, Asangaedem Akpan, Peter Chamberlain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4945-9