Understanding emergency hospital admission of older people

Raphael Wittenberg, Luke Sharpin, Barry McCormick, Jeremy Hurst (2014)

Please note: this is a legacy publication from CPEC (formely PSSRU at LSE).

Report 6

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Abstract
This report sets out and discusses the findings of our study to gain an improved understanding of the drivers of emergency hospital admissions of older people in England and to formulate evidence-based scenarios for possible future trends in these emergency admissions. Commissioned by the Department of Health.