The nearness to death effect and why NHS pressures are going to intensify

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Journal of Paramedic PracticeVol. 11, No. 1 CommentThe nearness to death effect and why NHS pressures are going to intensifyRodney P JonesRodney P JonesSearch for more papers by this authorRodney P JonesPublished Online:12 Jan 2019https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2019.11.1.28AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Hanlon P, Walsh D, Whyte B et al.. Hospital use by an ageing cohort: an investigation into the association between biological, behavoural and social risk markers and subsequent hospital utilization. J Public Health Med. 1998; 20(4):467–476 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R. What government data on death rates fail to show. Brit J Healthc Manag. 2017a; 23(8):572–573 Link, Google ScholarJones R. Deaths and medical admissions – what is happening in the UK? Fractal Geometry Nonlinear Anal Med Biol Med Biol. 2017b; 3(1): in press. https://tinyurl.com/yb2n86kr (accessed 6 January 2019) 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 Med J. 2017c; 4(2):37–69. https://tinyurl.com/yczo4pvf (accessed 6 January 2019) Google ScholarJones R. Outbreaks of a presumed infectious pathogen creating on/off switching in deaths. SDRP J Infect Dis Treat Ther. 2017d; 1(1):1–6. https://tinyurl.com/yb58846n (accessed 6 January 2019) 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 Nonlinear Anal Med Biol Med Biol. 2017e; 3(1): in press. https://doi.org/10.15761/FGNAMB.1000146. https://tinyurl.com/ydancach (accessed 6 January 2019) 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 Nonlinear Anal Med Biol Med Biol. 2017f; 3(1): in press. https://doi.org/10.15761/FGNAMB.1000145. https://tinyurl.com/yd9929ad (accessed 6 January 2019) Google ScholarJones R. Deaths and medical admissions in the UK show an unexplained and sustained peak after 2011. Eur J Intern Med. 2018a; 47: e14–e16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.021 Crossref, Google ScholarJones R. Will 2018 set a record for deaths? Brit J Healthc Manag. 2018b; 24(9):464–465 Link, Google ScholarJones R. Periods of unexplained higher deaths and medical admissions have occurred previously – but were apparently ignored, misinterpreted or not investigated. Eur J Intern Med. 2018c; 40:e18–e20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2017.11.004 Crossref, Google ScholarMoore P, Bennett K, Normand C. Counting the time lived, the time left or illness? Age, proximity to death, morbidity and prescribing expenditures. Soc Sci Med. 2017; 184:1–14 Crossref, Google ScholarNHS Digital. Hospital admitted patient care activity, 2017/18. 2018. https://tinyurl.com/y8w8lm5y (accessed 6 January 2019) Google ScholarOffice for National Statistics. Deaths by single year of age tables – UK. 2018a. https://tinyurl.com/y7v5nvvf (accessed 6 January 2019) Google ScholarOffice for National Statistics. Subnational population projections for England, 2016-based. 2018b. https://tinyurl.com/y9d7p2ub (accessed 6 January 2019) Google ScholarPayne G, Laporte A, Deber R, Coyte P. Counting backward to health care's future: Using time-to-death modleing to identify changes in end-of-life morbidity and the impact of aging on health care expenditures. Milbank Q. 2007; 85:213–257 Crossref, Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byWill the winter of 2019/20 have unusually high service demand? Part 2: StrategyRodney P Jones13 December 2019 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 11, No. 12Will the winter of 2019/2020 have unusually high service demand? Part 1: LessonsRodney P Jones5 November 2019 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 11, No. 11End-of-life demand is highly volatile and shows unexpected trendsRodney P Jones13 March 2019 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 11, No. 3Ignorance isn't bliss: behind the unequal distribution of end-of-life demand and costRodney P Jones4 February 2019 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 11, No. 2 2 January 2019Volume 11Issue 1ISSN (print): 1759-1376ISSN (online): 2041-9457 Metrics History Published online 12 January 2019 Published in print 2 January 2019 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download