Acute care inpatients with long-term delayed-discharge: evidence from a Canadian health region
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Acute hospital discharge delays are a pressing concern for many health care administrators. In Canada, a delayed discharge is defined by the alternate level of care (ALC) construct and has been the target of many provincial health ca...
Main Authors: | Costa Andrew P, Poss Jeffrey W, Peirce Thomas, Hirdes John P |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-06-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/172 |
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