TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
KW - Female
KW - Geriatrics
KW - Health Services for the Aged
KW - Hospital Units
KW - Hospitals, General
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Patient Care Team
KW - Patient Satisfaction
KW - Social Environment
AU - J. Bene
AU - S. A. Solomon
A1 - 
AB - AIM: To establish the attitude of inpatients to integrated medical care. SETTING: A district general hospital which had recently adopted the model of integrated medical care. METHODS: 205 patients of all ages were interviewed and asked about their general views and their personal experience of integrated medical care and their preference had they been given a choice. Those patients who had previously been admitted before integration were asked if they felt the quality of care had changed. RESULTS: Integrated medical wards were preferred by most patients and this preference was greater in older patients. However, 30% identified patients on their wards who they felt should be segregated on account of confusion, frailty or youthfulness. Of the 69 who had been admitted before integration, 88% commented that the quality of care was either the same or better. CONCLUSION: Integrated medical care was the preferred model of care, especially by elderly patients. The special needs of some patients were, however, recognized. Perhaps the ideal model is a needs-related policy within a fully integrated system.
BT - Age and Ageing
C5 - General Literature
CP - 3
CY - ENGLAND
IS - 3
JF - Age and Ageing
N2 - AIM: To establish the attitude of inpatients to integrated medical care. SETTING: A district general hospital which had recently adopted the model of integrated medical care. METHODS: 205 patients of all ages were interviewed and asked about their general views and their personal experience of integrated medical care and their preference had they been given a choice. Those patients who had previously been admitted before integration were asked if they felt the quality of care had changed. RESULTS: Integrated medical wards were preferred by most patients and this preference was greater in older patients. However, 30% identified patients on their wards who they felt should be segregated on account of confusion, frailty or youthfulness. Of the 69 who had been admitted before integration, 88% commented that the quality of care was either the same or better. CONCLUSION: Integrated medical care was the preferred model of care, especially by elderly patients. The special needs of some patients were, however, recognized. Perhaps the ideal model is a needs-related policy within a fully integrated system.
PP - ENGLAND
PY - 1999
SN - 0002-0729; 0002-0729
SP - 271
EP - 273
EP - 
T1 - The attitudes of patients to integrated medical care
T2 - Age and Ageing
TI - The attitudes of patients to integrated medical care
U1 - General Literature
U2 - 10475863
VL - 28
VO - 0002-0729; 0002-0729
Y1 - 1999
ER -