Do ‘virtual wards’ reduce rates of unplanned hospital admissions, and at what cost? A research protocol using propensity matched controls

BACKGROUND: This retrospective study will assess the extent to which multidisciplinary case management in the form of virtual wards (VWs) leads to changes in the use of health care and social care by patients at high risk of future unplanned hospital admission. VWs use the staffing, systems and dail...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Geraint, Bardsley, Martin, Vaithianathan, Rhema, Steventon, Adam, Georghiou, Theo, Billings, John, Dixon, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Igitur publishing 2011
Materias:
Research and Theory
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21949489

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21949489

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