Journal article
Rethinking medical ward quality
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Journal website
- Volume:
- 355
- Pages:
- i5417
- Publication date:
- 2016-10-18
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-10-04
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1756-1833
- ISSN:
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0959-8146
- Pmid:
-
27756729
- Source identifiers:
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654893
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:654893
- UUID:
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uuid:98665558-6f57-45cd-90e5-c53ade0e62fc
- Local pid:
- pubs:654893
- Deposit date:
- 2017-06-02
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- Copyright holder:
- Pannick et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- Author(s) retain copyright; published by BMJ Publishing Group under license.
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