Earlier hospital discharge: a challenge for Norwegian municipalities
Aim: In order to improve patient outcomes and minimize health care costs, many Western countries are attempting to reduce the length of stay in hospitals by transferring responsibilities from specialist care to primary care. In Norway, the Coordination Reform was implemented in 2012 to enhance this...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget
2017-07-01
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Series: | Nordic Journal of Social Research |
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Online Access: | https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/njsr/article/view/2204 |