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Show me the way to go home
— a narrative review of the literature on delayed hospital discharges and older people | | Author(s) | Jon Glasby, Rosemary Littlechild, Kathryn Pryce |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 34, no 8, December 2004 |
| Pages | pp 1189-1198 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Delayed discharge ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Costs [care] ; Social Services Departments ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This Research Note reports findings from a narrative review of the literature on the rate and cause of delayed hospital discharge in the UK. In addition to summarizing knowledge to date in this important area, the Research Note raises a series of questions about aspects of current hospital discharge policy and practice (and in particular, the recent reimbursement policy to charge social services departments for delayed discharges). (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041222201 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKM: LD:QKJ: QDC: PF: 64A |
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