Could the rise in mortality rates since 2015 be explained by changes in the number of delayed discharges of NHS patients?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1068-1071

  Green, Mark A ^a   Dorling, Danny ^b   Minton, Jonathan ^c   Pickett, Kate E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 85031759626     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2017-209403     Document Type: Article

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