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An evaluation of an alternative to long-stay hospital care for frail elderly patients
— costs and effectiveness | | Author(s) | D Challis, R Darton, L Johnson, M Stone, K Traske |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 20, no 4, July 1991 |
| Pages | pp 245-254 |
| Keywords | Community care ; Domiciliary services ; Hospital services ; Long term ; Costs [care] ; Cost benefit analysis ; Darlington. |
| Annotation | The Darlington Project was initiated as part of the objective of developing community care. It provided an alternative to long-term hospital care. This report assesses the cost to the health service and society, and the benefits to the elderly and their carers of the two types of care. |
| Accession Number | CPA-940614004 |
| Classmark | PA: N: LD: 4Q: QDC: WEA: 8DUG |
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