CHE Research paper 133, Centre Health Economics, University of York, July 2016
- Analysis of delayed discharges across different hospital types in England indicates that greater local supply of long-term care (care home beds) is associated with fewer delays.
- Hospitals which are Foundation Trusts have fewer delayed discharges and might therefore be used as exemplars of good practice in managing delays.
- Mental Health Trusts have more delayed discharges than Acute Trusts but a smaller proportion of them are attributed to the NHS, possibly indicating a relatively greater lack of adequate community care for mental health patients.
