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Intermediate care: it's place in a whole-systems approach
- Authors:
- ASTHANA Sheena, HALLIDAY Joyce
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(6), December 2003, pp.15-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Considers intermediate care as part of a whole-systems approach to care. It argues that this perspective allows a wider appreciation of the potential benefits of intermediate care, and that this would also be a welcome feature in future research studies. Draws on an evaluation of intermediate care in Cornwall and outlines the central role of intermediate care co-ordination in the whole system. The example of residential rehabilitation is then used to examine how an individual service relates to the system as a whole. Finally, factors that may also influence local systems such as partnership working and rurality are considered; these are seen as important considerations for any other authorities which might seek to replicate the Cornwall approach to intermediate care.