TY  - BOOK
AU  - Damiani, Michael.
AU  - Dixon, Jennifer.
TI  - Managing the pressure: emergency hospital admissions in London, 1997-2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London
PB  - King's Fund
N1  - E-books; Includes bibliographical references; 28p. : col. ill.., col. maps ; 30cm
N2  - <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pressure on acute NHS trusts from emergency admissions reachesa peak each winter. Despite this, what is causing the pressure isincompletely understood. Managing the Pressure examinesemergency hospital admissions in London over a four-year period.Based on research funded by the former London Regional Office ofthe NHS Executive, it shows that:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Winter pressures arising from emergency admissions occur atalmost exactly the same time each year; the timing ofemergency admissions is predictable, but the volume is not; respiratory diseases are the main cause ofthe peak indemand, in particular chronic obstructive airways disease inolder people; it is possible to locate the areas where patients admitted asemergencies for respiratory disease live, and therefore targetefforts to reduce the risk of admission.</span></p&gt
UR  - http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files/kf/field/field_publication_file/managing-the-pressure-emergency-hospital-admissions-london-1997-2001-michael-damiani-jennifer-dixon-kings-fund-1-january-2002_0.pdf
ER  -