readmissions of older people to acute medical units
Sunil Kumar Munshi Medicine for the elderly, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Dilesh Lakhani Specialist Registrars, in medicine for the elderly, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Adil Ageed Specialist Registrars, in medicine for the elderly, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Stephen N Evans Consultant Physician, Medicine for the elderly at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Elizabeth Mackness Information Technology Co-ordinator for Elderly Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Graham Fancourt Consultant Physician, in medicine for the elderly, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Sunil Munshi and colleagues report on an analysis of readmissions of older people to a UK teaching hospital over a three-year period
One of the most widely used clinical indicators in the United Kingdom is the 28-day readmission rate. Comparison of this parameter between individual hospital trusts is one of the important ways of assessing the standard and effectiveness of acute care (DoH 2000). A high readmission rate would suggest an inefficient use of hospital beds and have major implications for resource utilisation.
Nursing Older People.
14, 1, 14-16.
doi: 10.7748/nop2002.03.14.1.14.c2195
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