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Effectiveness of an intermediate care hospital on readmissions, mortality, activities of daily living and use of health care services among hospitalized adults aged 60 years and older—a controlled observational study

BACKGROUND: Intermediate care is a health care model developed to optimize the coordination of health care services and functional independence. In Central Norway, an intermediate care hospital (ICH) was established in a municipality to improve hospital discharge and follow-up among elderly patients...

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Autores principales: Dahl, Unni, Steinsbekk, Aslak, Johnsen, Roar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4552456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26315779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1022-x