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Avoiding hospital admissions : lessons from evidence and experience.

Author:

Imison, Candace, The King's Fund, Jennings, Mark, and Ham, Chris

Publication date:

2010

Abstract:

This paper summarises presentations made at a seminar held at The King’s Fund in April 2010. The seminar brought together case studies from the NHS in England, Kaiser Permanente in California and the independent sector, as well as research evidence, to explore what has been tried and what has worked ...
Avoiding hospital admissions : what does the research evidence say?

Author:

The King's Fund and Purdy, Sarah

Publication date:

2010

Abstract:

Emergency admissions to hospital are costly to the NHS and also cause disruption to planned health care. Considerable efforts have been made within the health service to reduce emergency admissions, but few primary care trusts have been successful, with some primary care trusts recording an increase. In order to successfully ...