The Homefinder service.
This paper describes the establishment of a Homefinder service for elderly patients at Charing Cross Hospital in 1985. The contribution made by this service over a five-year period in reducing acute medical bed occupancy by long-stay patients is discussed.
Charing Cross Hospital, London.
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