Follow-up study of chronically ill patients discharged from hospital
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Follow-up study of chronically ill patients discharged from hospitals.
LDNGTERM illness tests severely the ability of patients and families to look after themselves and of communities to supply the necessary therapeutic and supportive services. Something is known about how patients are cared for in hospitals but much less about how they fare when they are discharged, often to fend for themselves. In order to gain some insight into the nature and magnitude of this ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Chronic Diseases
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0021-9681
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(64)90013-x