Factors leading to older people in care homes being admitted to hospital as emergencies
To meet a government target (OH 2005a), NHS Primary Care Trusts are required to reduce hospital usage and care home residents have been identified as a group whose admissions may be avoidable. Yet little is known about hospital admissions from care homes as few UK studies have been published. This m...
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University of Surrey
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502670 |