Cost effectiveness of community hospitals as alternative to DGH post acute care: Bradford case study
A new study published in BMJ concludes that
Post-acute care for older people in a locality based community hospital is of similar cost effectiveness to that of an elderly care department in a district general hospital.
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See Cost Effectiveness Analysis within a Randomised Controlled Trial Of Post-Acute Care of Older People in a Community Hospital. BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.38887.558576.7C (published 21 July 2006)