Open AccessCarrot and sticks? The Community Care Act (2003) and the effect of financial incentives on delays in discharge from hospitals in England
Author(s) -
David McCoy,
Sylvia Godden,
Allyson M Pollock,
Clériston Marcolan Bianchessi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdm026
Subject(s) - medicine , incentive , payment , hospital discharge , emergency medicine , medical emergency , finance , business , intensive care medicine , economics , microeconomics
The belief that many delays in discharge from hospital were caused by social service departments (SSDs) led to the Community Care Act 2003 giving NHS hospitals in England the power to charge SSDs.
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