Patients’ perceptions of frequent hospital admissions: a qualitative interview study with older people above 65 years of age

BACKGROUND: Although ‘frequent flyer’ hospital admissions represent barely 3 to 8% of the total patient population in a hospital, they are responsible for a disproportionately high percentage (12 to 28%) of all admissions. Moreover, hospital admissions are an important contributor to health care cos...

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Autores principales: Huang, Miaolin, van der Borght, Carolien, Leithaus, Merel, Flamaing, Johan, Goderis, Geert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7487888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32894056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01748-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7487888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32894056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01748-9

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