The Health Foundation: The implications of high bed occupancy rates on readmission rates in England (2019)

Summary

This study assesses the association of increased bed occupancy with changes in the percentage of overnight patients discharged from hospital on a given day and their subsequent 30-day readmission rate. Longitudinal panel data methods are used to analyse secondary care records (n = 4,193,590) for 136 non-specialist Trusts between April 2014 and February 2016.