Local 7-day patterns of on/off switching in acute bed occupancy

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British Journal of Healthcare ManagementVol. 24, No. 2 Money MattersLocal 7-day patterns of on/off switching in acute bed occupancyRodney JonesRodney JonesSearch for more papers by this authorRodney JonesPublished Online:10 Feb 2018https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2018.24.2.100AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Bansal S, Chowell G, Simonsen L, et al.. Big data for infectious disease surveillance and modeling. J Infect Dis. 2016;214(suppl_4);S375-379. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw400 Crossref, Google ScholarBeeknoo N, Jones R. Information asymmetry in financial forecasting within healthcare and simple methods to overcome this deficiency. Brit J Med Medical Res. 2017;20(4):1-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31474 Crossref, Google ScholarCaudron Q, Mahmud A, Metcalf C, et al.. Predictability in a highly stochastic system: final size of measles epidemics in small populations. J R Soc Interface. 2014;12. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.1125 Google ScholarJones R. Why is the ‘real world’ financial risk in commissioning so high? BJHCM 2012;18(4): 216–217 Google ScholarJones R. A fatal flaw in mortality-based disease surveillance. BJHCM 2016;22(3):143–145 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R. What government data on death rates fail to show. BJHCM 2017a;23(8):572–573 Google ScholarJones R. Did austerity cause the rise in deaths seen in England and Wales in 2015? BJHCM 2017b;23(9):418–424 Google ScholarJones R. Outbreaks of a presumed infectious agent associated with changes in fertility, stillbirth, congenital abnormalities and the gender ratio at birth. Brit J Med Medical Res 2017c; 20(8):1–36. doi: https://doi.org/10.9734/BJMMR/2017/32372 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R. Outbreaks of a presumed infectious pathogen creating on/off switching in deaths. SDRP J Infectious Dis Treat Therapy 2017d;1(1):1–6 Google ScholarJones R. Year-to-year variation in deaths in English Output Areas (OA), and the interaction between a presumed infectious agent and influenza in 2015. SMU Medical Journal 2017e;4(2):37–69 Google ScholarJones R. Role of social group and gender in outbreaks of a novel agent leading to increased deaths, with insights into higher international deaths in 2015. Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology 2017f;3(1): in press. Google ScholarJones R. Different patterns of male and female deaths in 2015 in English and Welsh local authorities question the role of austerity as the primary force behind higher deaths. Fractal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis in Medicine and Biology 2017g;3(1):in press Google ScholarJones R. Age-specific and year of birth changes in hospital admissions during a period of unexplained higher deaths in England. Eur J Internal Med 2017h;45:2–4. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.039 Crossref, Google ScholarNHS England. Winter daily SitRep data 2017/18. [Internet]. 2017. [Cited 2018 Jan 30]. Available from: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2017-18-data/ Google ScholarPelaia G, Vatrella A, Gallelli L, et al.. Respiratory infections and asthma. Respiratory Medicine. 2006;100(5):775–784. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2005.08.025 Crossref, Google ScholarWoolhouse M, Gowtage-Sequeria S. Host range and emerging and reemerging pathogens. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005;11(12): 1842–1847. doi: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1112.050997 Crossref, Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 2 February 2018Volume 24Issue 2ISSN (print): 1358-0574ISSN (online): 1759-7382 Metrics History Published online 10 February 2018 Published in print 2 February 2018 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download