PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A. E. While
TI  - The vital role of the cottage community hospital
DP  - 1978 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 485--491
VI  - 28
IP  - 193
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/28/193/485.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/28/193/485.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1978 Aug 01; 28
AB  - The history of general-practitioner hospitals is reviewed and a case made for their retention and extension. Among the advantages they provide are: a local service for patients, less expensive hospital care than is possible in a district general hospital, less travelling expenses for patients, valuable postgraduate education for doctors, and improvement of general-practitioner morale.