Do ‘virtual wards’ reduce rates of unplanned hospital admissions, and at what cost? A research protocol using propensity matched controls
Juan Antonio Castillo Guijarro
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This retrospective study will assess the extent to which multidisciplinary case management in the form of virtual wards (VWs) leads to changes in the use of health care and social care by patients at high risk of future unplanned hospital admission. VWs use the staffing, systems and daily routines of a hospital ward to deliver coordinated care to patients in their own homes. Admission to a VW is offered to patients identified by a predictive risk model as being at high risk of unplanned hospital admission in the coming 12 months.
Lewis G, Bardsley M, Vaithianathan R, Steventon A, Georghiou T, Billings J, et al. Do “virtual wards” reduce rates of unplanned hospital admissions, and at what cost? A research protocol using propensity matched controls. Int J Integr Care [Internet]. 2011 Jun 30 [cited 2013 Apr 24];11. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178802/
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Lewis G, Bardsley M, Vaithianathan R, Steventon A, Georghiou T, Billings J, et al.
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