Integrating care for high-risk patients in England using the virtual ward model: lessons in the process of care integration from three case sites

<p><strong>Background</strong>: Patients at high risk of emergency hospitalisation are particularly likely to experience fragmentation in care. The virtual ward model attempts to integrate health and social care by offering multidisciplinary case management to people at high predic...

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Main Authors: Geraint Hywel Lewis, Rhema Vaithianathan, Lorraine Wright, Mary R Brice, Paul Lovell, Seth Rankin, Martin Bardsley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2013-11-01
Series:International Journal of Integrated Care
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Online Access:http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/1150