What makes weekend allied health services effective and cost-effective (or not) in acute medical and surgical wards? Perceptions of medical, nursing, and allied health workers

• Main Authors: Lisa O'Brien (Author), Deb Mitchell (Author), Elizabeth H. Skinner (Author), Romi Haas (Author), Marcelle Ghaly (Author), Fiona McDermott (Author), Kerry May (Author), Terry Haines (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is strong public support for acute hospital services to move to genuine 7-day models, including access to multidisciplinary team assessment. This study aimed to identify factors that might enable an effective and cost-effective weekend allied health services on acute hospit...