Intermediate not indeterminate care.
Increasing demands, limited resources and an aging population are driving the development of alternatives to the full acute hospital bed. This review considers some opportunities and pitfalls, and proposes some principles for practice.
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Institute on Health and Ageing, University of Bristol.
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