TY - JOUR T1 - The provision of cottage hospital beds JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 250 LP - 254 VL - 26 IS - 165 AU - J. S. Berkeley Y1 - 1976/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/26/165/250.abstract N2 - The existence of cottage hospital beds is historically determined rather than planned, and there is apparently no official ratio for the provision of such beds. A comparative study, in North-east Scotland, of populations with and without access to cottage hospital beds suggests that providing 1ยท5 beds per 1,000 population is a reasonable basis for future discussion and planning. ER -