Emergency neuromuscular admissions are avoidable: a regional audit of unplanned hospital admissions of neuromuscular patients 2009-2011: final results and recommendations.

Neuromuscular diseases (NMD) require long-term multi-disciplinary care. In 2010-11 there were 5.3 million emergency admissions of which 213,000 related to neurological disorders. 13% of these (∼28,000) were secondary to NMD. With each admission costing ∼£3000 per day, it is estimated that this leads...

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Main Authors: Jaffer, F, Reilly, M, Quinlivan, R, Muntoni, F, Turner, C, Parton, M, Lunn, M, Hilton-Jones, D, Korkodilos, M, Hanna, MG
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013