A barrier to continuity of care. Effects of the drug tariff on wound care in the community.
In light of the recent implementation of the Community Care Act, it is paradoxical that many products and dressings needed by community nurses are not available to them. This causes particular problems for patients discharged from hospital requiring continuity of wound care. What can be done to improve community nurses' access to the full range of products?
Phillips
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Frost
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D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*