Abstract
Due to increasing demand and financial constraints, NHS continuing healthcare systems seek to find better ways of forecasting demand and budgeting for care. This paper investigates two areas of concern, namely, how long existing patients stay in service and the number of patients that are likely to be still in care after a period of time.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 155 |
Journal | BMC Health Services Research |
Volume | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Databases, Factual
- Female
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Hospitals, Public
- Humans
- Infant
- Length of Stay
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Theoretical
- Palliative Care
- Primary Health Care
- State Medicine
- Survival
- Young Adult