title: Home care and the reshaping of acute hospitals in England. An overview of problems and possibilities.
abstract: A changing boundary between hospital and home-care services over two decades has taken place enabling people to live in their own homes wherever possible, enabling "choice of independence". Against this background, five principal issues are raised regarding how hospital services have been reshaped over that time and how the pattern of service developments outside the hospital has altered over the same period.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wistow
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004739:England; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration