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Long-term care provision, hospital bed blocking, and discharge destination for hip fracture and stroke patients

We examine the relationship between long-term care supply (care home beds and prices) and (i) the probability of being discharged to a care home and (ii) length of stay in hospital for patients admitted to hospital for hip fracture or stroke. Using patient level data from all English hospitals and a...

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Autores principales: Gaughan, James, Gravelle, Hugh, Santos, Rita, Siciliani, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28247174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10754-017-9214-z