Journal of health services research & policy
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J Health Serv Res Policy · Jul 2000
Predicting place of discharge from hospital for patients with a stroke or hip fracture on admission.
To determine the predictive power of patient and service characteristics on place of discharge following hospital admission for an acute stroke and for hip fracture. ⋯ Data about older patients admitted to hospital with an acute condition should be routinely collected by hospital staff to inform clinical management and to permit risk-adjusted audit.