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Local authority fines
— penny wise, pound foolish | | Author(s) | Peter H Millard |
| Journal title | British Journal of Health Care Management, vol 10, no 12, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 366-370 |
| Keywords | Delayed discharge ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Charges ; Social Services Departments ; Mathematical models. |
| Annotation | Under the Community Care (Delayed Discharges, etc) Act 2003, local authorities in London and the South East are being fined £120 a day if there is more than two days' delay in discharging a patient from hospital to intermediate care. Elsewhere in England, the fine is £100 a day. In this article, the author uses a modelling approach to explain why a policy initiative that ignores the needs of sick and dependent people, is making the problem of providing acute hospital care worse in the long term. (OFFPRINT). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050210001 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKM: LD:QKJ: QEJ: PF: 3LM * |
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