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Reductions in specialist chronic illness management fuel emergency hospital admissions
BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e6581 (Published 02 October 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e6581
- Claire Hilton, old age psychiatrist1
- 1Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Harrow HA3 5QX, UK
- claire.hilton{at}nhs.net
A report by the Royal College of Physicians identified a 37% increase in emergency hospital admissions in the past decade.1
The report suggests several contributing factors, including changing demographics. However, such a large increase cannot be accounted for solely by increased numbers of older people. It might, however, be related …
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