Rethinking medical ward quality
Medical wards deliver the majority of acute inpatient care in health systems worldwide. This care is expensive, costing the NHS around £5bn (€5.5bn; $6.2bn) a year, a quarter of its inpatient expenditure. Improving the performance of medical wards is an international priority, not only because of th...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2016
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| Summary: | Medical wards deliver the majority of acute inpatient care in health systems worldwide. This care is expensive, costing the NHS around £5bn (€5.5bn; $6.2bn) a year, a quarter of its inpatient expenditure. Improving the performance of medical wards is an international priority, not only because of the scale of care that they deliver. Their core workload—treating complex, increasingly frail patients in a time pressurised setting—represents the broader challenges facing healthcare. Yet major gaps remain in our understanding of how wards perform. |
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