Better ways to manage frailty.
With those aged 65-plus accounting for more than half of all admissions and three quarters of bed days in NHS hospitals, improving care for frail older people is a significant challenge for health services. Now a report published by the NHS Benchmarking Network combines financial, workforce, quality and outcome data for the first time, painting a detailed picture of what's happening in acute hospital care for older people.
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D000368:Aged; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019468:Disease Management; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom