Consequences of local variations in social care on the performance of the acute health care sector

Jose Luis Fernandez and J. Forder

Applied Economics, 2008, vol. 40, issue 12, 1503-1518

Abstract: This article uses 2 years worth of data from 150 English local authorities to quantify the extent to which local variations in social care resources are associated with variations in performance of the acute sector, and particularly on the rates of hospital delayed discharges and hospital emergency re-admissions. Results indicate that social care services play a significant role in explaining local variations in acute sector performance.

Date: 2008
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (26)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036840600843939 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:applec:v:40:y:2008:i:12:p:1503-1518

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/RAEC20

DOI: 10.1080/00036840600843939

Access Statistics for this article

Applied Economics is currently edited by Anita Phillips

More articles in Applied Economics from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().