This report summarises the literature on geographical variations in hospital admission rates in the UK and internationally. It is restricted to studies of inpatient admissions. It concludes that the examination of the variations provides invaluable insights into the nature and extent of medical uncertainty, and that this information is essential ...
The King's Fund undertook a survey of the problem of administration of admissions of patients to hospitals, and of possible solutions. It concentrated largely on hospitals that were believed to have already established good practice in this field. A questionnaire was distributed to the 60 general hospitals in the United ...
This document reports the work of the Hospital Personal Aid Service during 1959. The Service undertook visits, on behalf of hospitals, to elderly people awaiting admission to hospital whose medical condition did not warrant immediate admission to an acute ward.
This document reports the work of the Hospital Personal Aid Service during 1960. The Service undertakes to visit, on behalf of hospitals, elderly people awaiting admission to hospital whose medical condition does not warrant immediate admission to an acute ward although no patient is visited and no action is taken ...
This document reports the work of the Hospital Personal Aid Service during 1958. The Service undertook visits, on behalf of hospitals, to elderly people awaiting admission to hospital whose medical condition did not warrant immediate admission to an acute ward.
This document reports the work of the Hospital Personal Aid Service during 1955. The Service undertook visits, on behalf of hospitals, to elderly people awaiting admission to hospital whose medical condition did not warrant immediate admission to an acute ward.
This report was prepared by the officers who took part in a short course run by the Fund to look at hospital admissions and records. Eight hospitals were visited by the course members, who give their observations on appointments systems, casualty, out-patients, waiting lists, emergency beds, in-patients, registration, methods of ...
On March 24, 1923, the Voluntary Hospitals Commission wrote to the King's Fund, referring to a question and answer given in the House of Commons on Wednesday, March 21, on the subject of hospital accommodation for accident cases, and asking that the King's Fund, as the Voluntary Hospitals Committee for ...
This document follows the results of an enquiry to consider and report generally as to the circumstances and conditions under which patients are admitted to casualty and outpatient departments of the London Voluntary Hospitals. It looks especially at what precautions are taken to prevent the admission of people who are ...