Identifying patient-level health and social care costs for older adults discharged from acute medical units in England | Zendy

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Identifying patient-level health and social care costs for older adults discharged from acute medical units in England

Author(s) -

Matthew Franklin,

Vladislav Berdunov,

J. Edmans,

Simon Conroy,

John Gladman,

Łukasz Tanajewski,

Georgios Gkountouras,

Rachel Elliott

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afu073

Subject(s) - medicine , acute care , social care , gerontology , health care , emergency medicine , nursing , economics , economic growth

acute medical units allow for those who need admission to be correctly identified, and for those who could be managed in ambulatory settings to be discharged. However, re-admission rates for older people following discharge from acute medical units are high and may be associated with substantial health and social care costs.

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