The impact of primary care quality on inpatient length of stay for people with dementia: an analysis by discharge destination

Centre for Health Economics - This paper examines whether the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) dementia review helps to achieve timely hospital discharge for dementia patients. It found that on average the length of stay in hospital for dementia patients is 18 days and that QOF dementia review had little effect on the length of stay. Paper Press release
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - Category: UK Health Authors: Tags: NHS measurement and performance Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs