Triumph of hope over experience: learning from interventions to reduce avoidable hospital admissions identified through an Academic Health and Social Care Network

• Main Authors: Woodhams Victoria (Author), de Lusignan Simon (Author), Mughal Shakeel (Author), Head Graham (Author), Debar Safia (Author), Desombre Terry (Author), Hilton Sean (Author), Al Sharifi Houda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Internationally health services are facing increasing demands due to new and more expensive health technologies and treatments, coupled with the needs of an ageing population. Reducing avoidable use of expensive secondary care servic...