What is it about?
The cost of a stay in an emergency assessment unit is generally around that for an outpatient visit. Costs show clear evidence for economy of scale
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Why is it important?
The current short stay HRG tariff grossly over pays for a same day stay in an assessment unit and encourages gaming.
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Part of a longer series investigating NHS costs and serious flaws in the HRG tariff, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Emergency assessment tariff: lessons learned, British Journal of Healthcare Management, December 2010, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2010.16.12.574.
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