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Diversity in intermediate care
Author(s)	Graham Paul Martin, Susan Margaret Peet, Graham John Hewitt
Journal title	Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 12, no 2, March 2004
Pages	pp 150-154
Source	www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc
Keywords	Rehabilitation ; Aftercare ; Management [care] ; Social surveys.
Annotation	The evolution of intermediate care (IC) is discussed, and interim observations are presented from a survey of providers in England that is being conducted as part of a national evaluation. Telephone interviews covering various issues concerning the level of provision and style of delivery have been conducted with 70 services to date. Data from these are used to discuss the progress, range and nature of IC in relation to clinician viewpoints and academic and official literature on the subject. IC "on the ground" is a multiplicitous entity, with provision apparently evolving in accordance with the particularities of local need. While protocols for medical involvement in IC generally appear to be well-established, there are some tensions concerning integration of local services, care management processes, and questions of flexibility and inclusiveness in relation to eligibility criteria. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040505208 A
Classmark	LM: LN: QA: 3F
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