Measuring and optimising the efficiency of community hospital inpatient care for older people: the MoCHA mixed-methods study

Young, John; Hulme, Claire; Smith, Andrew; Buckell, John; Godfrey, Mary; Holditch, Claire; Grantham, Jessica; Tucker, Helen; Enderby, Pam; Gladman, John; Teale, Elizabeth; Thiebaud, Jean-Christophe

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This study found that the efficiency of community hospital wards is comparable with acute hospitals and that modifiable performance factors might lead to potential efficiency savings.

Young J, Hulme C, Smith A, Buckell J, Godfrey M, Holditch C, Grantham J, Tucker H, Enderby P, Gladman J, Teale E & Thiebaud J-C.

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John Young ¹, Claire Hulme ², Andrew Smith ³, John Buckell ², Mary Godfrey ^1,^*, Claire Holditch ⁴, Jessica Grantham ⁴, Helen Tucker ⁵, Pam Enderby ⁶, John Gladman ⁷, Elizabeth Teale ¹, Jean-Christophe Thiebaud ³

¹ Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
² Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
³ Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
⁴ NHS Benchmarking Network, Manchester, UK
⁵ Community Hospitals Association, Crowborough, UK
⁶ School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
⁷ University of Nottingham Medical School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: m.godfrey@leeds.ac.uk

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