Moving services out of hospital

"‘Scaling up’ primary and community services in order to provide more care outside hospitals will require general practices and their community service colleagues to work together in new ways."

Moving services out of hospital: Joining up general practice and community services?
D Bramwell, K Checkland, P Allen, S Peckham
Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System, Department of Health
August 2014

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Implementation of a hospitalist programme in a community hospital

"Compared to traditional family physicians, hospitalists appear to improve measures of quality and resource utilization."

Does implementation of a hospitalist program in a Canadian community hospital improve measures of quality of care and utilization? an observational comparative analysis of hospitalists vs. traditional care providers
V Yousefi, CAKY Chong
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:204

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Health care lessons from Japan

"This paper is part of a series that examines the way health services are funded and delivered in other nations."

Health care lessons from Japan
N Esmail
Fraser Institute
April 2013

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Will pay for performance improve quality of care?

"Beyond the obvious differences between the U.K. National Health Service and U.S. health care settings, some striking differences between the British and American versions of pay for performance might help explain the contrasting results."

Editorial: Will pay for performance improve quality of care? The answer is in the details
AM Epstein
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012, 367(19):1852-1853

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Reduced mortality with hospital pay for performance in England

"The introduction of pay for performance in all NHS hospitals in one region of England was associated with a clinically significant reduction in mortality."

Reduced mortality with hospital pay for performance in England
M Sutton, S Nikolova, R Boaden, H Lester, R McDonald, M Roland
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012, 367(19):1821-1828

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Weekend admission to hospital has a higher risk of death in the elective setting than in the emergency setting

"Weekend admission appears to be an independent risk factor for dying in hospital and this risk is more pronounced in the elective setting."

Weekend admission to hospital has a higher risk of death in the elective setting than in the emergency setting: A retrospective database study of national health service hospitals in England
MA Mohammed, KS Sidhu, G Rudge, AJ Stevens
BMC Health Services Research, 2012, 12:87

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Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings

"This guidance gives recommendations on the management of outbreaks of vomiting and/or diarrhoea in hospitals and community health and social care settings, including nursing and residential homes."

Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings
NHS Confederation
November 2011

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Inpatient care for people with diabetes

"Long-term complications arising from sub-optimal care can impose further costs on individuals and their carers, on the health and social care system and on the public sector more generally."

Inpatient care for people with diabetes: the economic case for change
M Kerr
Insight Health Economics
November 2011

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