title: Emergency admissions. Ours to reason why.
abstract: Is GP fundholding a factor in the steep rise in emergency admissions? Guy Boersma's research suggests that managers should investigate why fundholders have been able to contain the pressure for growth in emergency admissions far more successfully than non-fundholders.
authors.affiliation: KPMG Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boersma
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology