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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...
Autores principales: | Dahl, Unni, Steinsbekk, Aslak, Johnsen, Roar |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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