Hospital discharge of frail, elderly patients with complex care needs: a problem or a challenge?

Introduction: The increase in patients with chronic disease that require on-going care is creating difficulties for the public health system, which have prompted recent attempts to remodel the system with a generalized reduction in the number of hospital beds and the implementation of services desig...

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Main Authors: Elisabetta Silingardi, Denise Lombardi, Antonio Balotta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/135