title: Health statistics. Minus sign.
abstract: The government's plans for multi-agency healthcare will be hampered by the variability of data available in different sectors. Data collection from private hospitals, clinics and nursing homes lags far behind the NHS. Unless data collection improves, no information will be available on the care provided to the 270,000 people expected to receive rehabilitation or intermediate care in nursing homes under the NHS plan. This lack of essential data will weaken mechanisms for control.
authors.affiliation: National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerrison
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017149:Private Sector / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom