Discharge destination and length of stay: differences between US and English hospitals for people aged 65 and over
- 11 March 2004
- Vol. 328 (7440) , 605
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7440.605
Abstract
Basic figures In England, the proportion of patients aged 65 and over discharged to a nursing home, residential home, or hospice has doubled from 1.4% in 1996-7 to 2.8% in 2001-2 On average, around 250 000 people aged 65 and over die in NHS hospitals in England every yearThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: