2024
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081378
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Length of stay and economic sustainability of virtual ward care in a medium-sized hospital of the UK: a retrospective longitudinal study

Abdollah Jalilian,
Luigi Sedda,
Alison Unsworth
et al.

Abstract: ObjectiveTo evaluate the length of stay difference and its economic implications between hospital patients and virtual ward patients.DesignRetrospective longitudinal study.SettingWrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals, National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, a medium-sized NHS trust in the north-west of England.ParticipantsVirtual ward patients (n=318) were matched 1:1 to 1:4, depending on matching characteristics, to all hospital patients (n=350). All patients were admitted to the hosp… Show more

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