What is it about?
Unexplained changes in the trend in deaths are reflected in changes in hospital bed occupancy, and associated health care costs.
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Why is it important?
In health care it is important to differentiate cause and effect. It would seem that hidden spatio-temporal patterns in deaths have a far greater effect on costs than previously anticipated.
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As always, correct health care policy relies on knowing true cause and effect, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Links between bed occupancy, deaths and costs, British Journal of Healthcare Management, November 2015, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2015.21.11.544.
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