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. 1999 Oct 23;319(7217):1127-30.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7217.1127.

The hospital of the future. Better out than in? Alternatives to acute hospital care

M Hensher  1 , N Fulop, J Coast, E Jefferys
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The hospital of the future. Better out than in? Alternatives to acute hospital care

M Hensher et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Relation between bed stock in the NHS and in private nursing homes between 1984 and 1996-7 (adapted from Department of Health, “Bed availability for England” and “Private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under Section 3 of the Nursing Homes Act 1975”)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Brompton Consumption Hospital, London, 1862
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