Thesis
The cost of social isolation in older people in the English and Portuguese National Health Services
- Abstract:
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In this thesis I explore the impact of social isolation on delayed hospital discharges of older proximal femoral fracture (PFF) patients in Portugal and in England, and estimate the costs associated with these delays. A delayed discharge occurs when a patient remains in hospital after being deemed medically fit for discharge, and a better understanding of them will help when designing policies to reduce them and improve the allocation of scarce healthcare resources.
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Funding
+ Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.
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Grant:
SFRH / BD / 90910 / 2012, financed by POPH-QREN
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian via Instituto do Envelhecimento - Universidade de Lisboa
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Deposit date:
- 2018-07-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Landeiro, FIT
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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