Admission avoidance and early discharge of acute hospital admissions: an accident and emergency based scheme

Objectives—To validate an accident and emergency (A&E) based approach to assisting early discharge or avoiding admission to acute hospital beds by means of two separate teams, one in hospital and the other in the community, working closely together at the interface between primary and secondary...

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Published in:	Emergency medicine journal : EMJ Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 435 - 440
Main Authors:	Hardy, C, Whitwell, D, Sarsfield, B, Maimaris, C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine 01.11.2001 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Group
Subjects:	Admission and discharge Adolescent Adult Aged Case-Control Studies Community Health Services Community support Emergency medicine Emergency Service, Hospital Female Home health care hospital admission hospital discharge Hospitals Humans Length of Stay Male Medicine Middle Aged Nursing care Occupational therapy Original Patient Admission Patient admissions Patient Care Team Patient Discharge Patient satisfaction Physical therapy Pilot Projects Practice Rehabilitation Trauma Triage - methods Triage - organization & administration United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK England
ISSN:	1472-0205, 1472-0213
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