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Cohort study of a specialist social worker intervention on hospital use for patients at risk of long stay

BACKGROUND: Long-stay patients in acute hospitals commonly present with complex psychosocial needs and use high levels of hospital resources. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a specialist social worker-led model of care was associated with a reduction in length of stay for medically stable patients w...

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Autores principales: Osborne, Sonya, Harrison, Gai, O’Malia, Angela, Barnett, Adrian Gerard, Carter, Hannah E, Graves, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30580267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023127