Emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions

"This data briefing aims to highlight for commissioners the opportunity for improving the quality of care and saving costs that reducing emergency hospital admissions for ACSCs presents."

Data briefing: Emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions: identifying the potential for reductions
Y Tian, A Dixon, H Gao
The King's Fund
April 2012

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The relationship between hospital admission rates and rehospitalizations

"We found a substantial association between regional rates of rehospitalization and overall admission rates."

The relationship between hospital admission rates and rehospitalizations
AM Epstein, AK Jha, EJ Orav
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, 365:2287-2295

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Choosing a predictive risk model

"Predictive risk models are used for predicting events such as unplanned hospital admissions, which are undesirable, costly and potentially preventable."

Choosing a predictive risk model: a guide for commissioners in England
Nuffield Trust
November 2011

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Improving inpatient postnatal services

"A Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approach was adopted to support a systems and process change to in-patient care and care on transfer home in a large district general hospital with around 6000 births a year."

Improving inpatient postnatal services: midwives views and perspectives of engagement in a quality improvement initiative
DE Bick, V Rose, A Weavers, J Wray, S Beake
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:293

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