NHS and Community Care Act 1990 and discharges from hospital to private residential and nursing homes

The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 requires social services departments to assess elderly inpatients who may need help after discharge from hospital and to use a care management process to arrange their care. 1 One of the main aims of the act was to reverse the "perverse incentive" for pe...

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Published inBMJ Vol. 309; no. 6946; pp. 28 - 29
Main Authors Lewis, P A, Dunn, R B, Vetter, N J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 02.07.1994
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Group
Subjects
Aftercare - economics
Aftercare - legislation & jurisprudence
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Community power
Confidence intervals
Departments
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatrics
Home Care Services - economics
Hospital separations
Humans
Length of Stay
Nursing Homes
Older adults
Older people
Patient Discharge - legislation & jurisprudence
Retirement communities
Social services
State Medicine - legislation & jurisprudence
United Kingdom
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Summary:The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 requires social services departments to assess elderly inpatients who may need help after discharge from hospital and to use a care management process to arrange their care. 1 One of the main aims of the act was to reverse the "perverse incentive" for people to be cared for in private residential and nursing homes.
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Correspondence to: Dr Lewis.
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ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.309.6946.28