Population
625 adult in-patients in three adult medical wards at the Homerton Hospital in Hackney, east London
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7-10 days after discharge
Authors
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May indicate bed utilization inefficiencies; leaves open whether interventions can safely reduce inappropriate stays.
A significant proportion of medical admissions and last days of hospital stay in an East London hospital were deemed inappropriate, highlighting inefficiencies in bed use and discharge planning.
Houghton et al. (1996) studied this question.
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