The acute medical unit model: A characterisation based upon the National Health Service in Scotland.

BACKGROUND:Acute medical units (AMUs) receive the majority of acute medical patients presenting to hospital as an emergency in the United Kingdom (UK) and in other international settings. They have emerged as a result of local service innovation in the context of a limited evidence base. As such, th...

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Main Authors: Lindsay E M Reid, Ursula Pretsch, Michael C Jones, Nazir I Lone, Christopher J Weir, Zoe Morrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6169877?pdf=render