Determinants of hospital length of stay for people with serious mental illness in England and implications for payment systems: a regression analysis

Background Serious mental illness (SMI), which encompasses a set of chronic conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychoses, accounts for 3.4 m (7 %) total bed days in the English NHS. The introduction of prospective payment to reimburse hospitals makes an understanding of th...

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Main Authors: Jacobs, Rowena (Author), Gutacker, Nils (Author), Mason, Anne (Author), Goddard, Maria (Author), Gravelle, Hugh (Author), Kendrick, Tony (Author), Gilbody, Simon (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2015-09-30.
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