Testing the bed-blocking hypothesis: does nursing and care home supply reduce delayed hospital discharges?
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SUBMITTER: Gaughan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4406135 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
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Testing the bed-blocking hypothesis: does nursing and care home supply reduce delayed hospital discharges?
Gaughan James J Gravelle Hugh H Siciliani Luigi L
Health economics 20150301
Hospital bed-blocking occurs when hospital patients are ready to be discharged to a nursing home, but no place is available, so that hospital care acts as a more costly substitute for long-term care. We investigate the extent to which greater supply of nursing home beds or lower prices can reduce hospital bed-blocking using a new Local Authority (LA) level administrative data from England on hospital delayed discharges in 2009-2013. The results suggest that delayed discharges respond to the avai ...[more]
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