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The changing role of acute‐care hospitals
Author(s) -
Hillman Ken
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127789.x
Subject(s) - acute care , health care , medical emergency , patient care , medicine , healthcare system , nursing , political science , law
Acute‐care hospitals are moving away from their central role in the healthcare system and becoming specialised institutions for the care of a particular kind of patient.