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Pathways through care
— a study of the processes and outcomes of hospital care for older people: executive summary |
| Corporate Author | Pathways through care study group, Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Publisher | University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, 1996 |
| Pages | 8 pp |
| Source | Centre for Health Services Research, 21 Claremont Place, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA. |
| Keywords | Hospital services ; Discharge ; Patients ; Stroke ; Fractures ; Informal care ; Aftercare ; Health services ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | This is a summary of a longitudinal study, which compared the process and outcomes of hospital and post-discharge care of older people with stroke or fractured neck of femur in six locations in England. The emphasis was on the views of patients and their carers, focusing on: different approaches to the broad management of care; discharge procedures and factors influencing practice; post-discharge care and the use of health and personal social services; and outcomes six months after admission. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970415208 P |
| Classmark | LD: QKJ: LF: CQA: CUF: P6: LN: L: I: QLD: 3J * |
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