ArticleInternational journal of health economics and management2017
Long-term care provision, hospital bed blocking, and discharge destination for hip fracture and stroke patients.
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- Risk of institutionalization following fragility fractures in older people.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019Article
- Public responses to volunteer community care: Propositions for old age and end of life.PloS one · 2019Article
- Long-term care provision, hospital bed blocking, and discharge destination for hip fracture and stroke patients.International journal of health economics and management · 2017Article
- Post-acute pathways among hip fracture patients: a system-level analysis.BMC health services research · 2016Article
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Abstract
We examine the relationship between long-term care supply (care home beds and prices) and (i) the probability of being discharged to a care home and (ii) length of stay in hospital for patients admitted to hospital for hip fracture or stroke. Using patient level data from all English hospitals and allowing for a rich set of demographic and clinical factors, we find no association between discharge destination and long-term care beds supply or prices. We do, however, find evidence of bed blocking: hospital length of stay for hip fracture patients discharged to a care home is shorter in areas with more long-term care beds and lower prices. Length of stay is over 30% shorter in areas in the highest quintile of care home beds supply compared to those in the lowest quintile.
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