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Could the rise in mortality rates since 2015 be explained by changes in the number of delayed discharges of NHS patients?
BACKGROUND: 2015 saw the largest annual spike of mortality rates in England in almost 50 years. We examine whether these changes in mortality rates are associated with an indicator of poor functioning of health and social care: delay in hospital discharges. METHODS: Office for National Statistics mo...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5847097/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28970194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209403 |