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Delayed discharge from hospital — supporting older people to exercise choice
Author(s)	Michelle Cornes, Jill Manthorpe, Eddie Donaghy
Journal title	Working with Older People, vol 12, issue 1, March 2008
Pages	pp 16-20
Source	http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Delayed discharge ; Costs [care] ; Consumer choice ; Social policy ; Social surveys.
Annotation	The government's reimbursement policy, whereby local councils face fines if a patient cannot be discharged from hospital because they are waiting for an assessment etc., introduced new pressures into a system that was already fraught. One of the policy's aims is to allow people to exercise 'genuine choice' as regards their ongoing and longer-term care. The authors draw on findings from their their study on reimbursement and delayed discharge carried out at the University of Stirling, the University of Leeds and King's College London, and investigate whether choice really can be exercised when lying in a hospital bed. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080318501 A
Classmark	LD:QKM: QDC: WYC: TM2: 3F
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