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Investigates why acute hospital in England suddenly went into overspend from 2012 onward

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The overspend appears to occur during the time of several outbreaks of a new type of infectious agent, however, the overspend was made worse by having to employ agency staff to cope with the increased emergency admissions

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This is part of a much larger study on the financial and operational effects of outbreaks of a new kind of infectious agent, 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: The real reason for the huge NHS overspend?, British Journal of Healthcare Management, January 2016, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2016.22.1.40.
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