In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated. The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 ...

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Main Authors: Nelson Sara, Szczepura Ala, Wild Deidre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/269