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| The use of acute hospital services by elderly residents of nursing and residential care homes | | Author(s) | Sylvia Godden, Allyson M Pollock |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 9, no 6, November 2001 |
| Pages | pp 367-374 |
| Keywords | Admission [hospitals] ; Accident & emergency depts ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Merton ; Sutton ; Wandsworth. |
| Annotation | This is a retrospective study of acute hospital emergency admissions in one health district, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth, between April 1996 and March 1997. Data linkage and manual look up were used to derive emergency hospital admissions for care home residents aged 65+. Admission rates were calculated for cause, length of stay and hospital death for residents of care homes and in the community, with relative risks. The study notes major difficulties in monitoring admissions from nursing and residential care homes, due to poor quality recording and inaccuracies in NHS coding. This was compounded by an absence of data on the age and sex profile and healthcare needs of the resident population in care homes. Prospective studies are required to ascertain when admission is avoidable and when it is appropriate. The information strategy needs to ensure that routine data sources are capable of monitoring the use of hospital services by residents of care homes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020109209 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKH: LD6: KX: KW: LHB: 82LP: 82LU: 82LX |
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