What is it about?
Investigates how length of stay is calculated and why the average LOS in English hospitals may not be declining as fast as is claimed
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Why is it important?
Trends to declining length of stay are used by the Department of Health and other agencies to claim that fewer hospital beds are required.
Perspectives
The introduction of the 4-hour ED target by the Blair government in 2002 led to an explosion in same day stay emergency admissions. Trends in admissions and length of stay in English hospitals need to be interpreted with extreme caution. For further papers 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: Where next for overnight stay admissions, length of stay and bed days?, British Journal of Healthcare Management, September 2016, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2016.22.9.475.
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