Maintaining Good Health for Older People with Dementia Who Experience Fractured Neck of Femur: Report for Phase 2
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1 We are very grateful to the members of our expert panel who provided very valuable comments and suggestions on our model and its assumptions, and on the various scenarios. We are especially grateful to Dr John Holmes (Senior Lecturer in Liaison Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Leeds) who provided advice and further information on the Leeds hospitals study. Figure 8. Variations in hospital stay expenditure resulting from a policy to ensure days to surgery are no greater than 24 hours ..
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تاریخ انتشار 2007