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.

Citation

Wistow, G. (2000), "Home care and the reshaping of acute hospitals in England – An overview of problems and possibilities", Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 7-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/02689230010340354