Geriatric medicine in two community hospitals - The Oxford experience
Care of the elderly in the community can be augmented by community hospitals. We describe the modus operandi of the first two community hospitals developed for local needs. This system provides for continuing care of the elderly near their own homes; support for relatives; a reduced burden on acute...
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| description | Care of the elderly in the community can be augmented by community hospitals. We describe the modus operandi of the first two community hospitals developed for local needs. This system provides for continuing care of the elderly near their own homes; support for relatives; a reduced burden on acute beds in the district general hospital; more direct involvement of general practitioners in resolving medico-social problems; and a reduction in work-load on central consultant services. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ff157bc3-5853-47ac-ac04-59d6476c33082022-03-27T13:41:51ZGeriatric medicine in two community hospitals - The Oxford experienceJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ff157bc3-5853-47ac-ac04-59d6476c3308EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1981Griffiths, RWilcock, GCare of the elderly in the community can be augmented by community hospitals. We describe the modus operandi of the first two community hospitals developed for local needs. This system provides for continuing care of the elderly near their own homes; support for relatives; a reduced burden on acute beds in the district general hospital; more direct involvement of general practitioners in resolving medico-social problems; and a reduction in work-load on central consultant services. |
| spellingShingle | Griffiths, R Wilcock, G Geriatric medicine in two community hospitals - The Oxford experience |
| title | Geriatric medicine in two community hospitals - The Oxford experience |
| title_full | Geriatric medicine in two community hospitals - The Oxford experience |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Geriatric medicine in two community hospitals - The Oxford experience |
| title_short | Geriatric medicine in two community hospitals - The Oxford experience |
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