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Reducing unplanned hospital admissions and hospital bed days in the over 65 age group — results from a pilot study
Author(s)	Patrick Keating, Angela Sealy, Linda Dempsey
Journal title	Journal of Integrated Care, vol 16, issue 1, 2008
Pages	pp 3-9
Source	http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Admission [hospitals] ; Bed availability [hospitals] ; Usage [services] ; Costs [care] ; Pilot ; Enfield.
Annotation	Against a background of an ageing population, rising emergency admissions and a policy direction moving towards providing care in the least intensive setting, this paper presents the dramatic results achieved in a 22-week pilot in Enfield of undivided health and social care replicating the Castlefields study (in Runcorn, Halton) and using Unique Care principles. In the context of practice-based commissioning, where GP practices develop and commission services that represent the best model of care and use of resources for their patients, the potential for creating savings from this approach are discussed. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080319209 A
Classmark	LD:QKH: LD:QKW: QLD: QDC: 4UC: 82LB
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