Hospital at home
- 13 April 1996
- Vol. 312 (7036) , 923-924
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7036.923
Abstract
A national survey of purchasing authorities in Britain shows that most authorities are either supporting, or planning to support, a hospital at home scheme (S Iliffe and A Haines, unpublished data). All 136 health authorities, commissions, and health boards were asked to report planned or operational hospital at home schemes in their district. Hospital at home was defined as the provision of a service that prevented hospital admission, …Keywords
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