<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Berkeley, J. S.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The provision of cottage hospital beds</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1976</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1976-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">250-254</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">165</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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 1·5 beds per 1,000 population is a reasonable basis for future discussion and planning.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>