The cost of social isolation in older people in the English and Portuguese National Health Services
<p>In this thesis I explore the impact of social isolation on delayed hospital discharges of older proximal femoral fracture (PFF) patients in Portugal and in England, and estimate the costs associated with these delays. A delayed discharge occurs when a patient remains in hospital after being...
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2017
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