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.

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

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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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