SCoOP Acute Hospitals Outcomes Reports: An overview of outcomes of acute geriatric medicine services in Scotland before, during and after the covid lockdown

Roy Soiza, Chirantha Premathilaka, Christine H. McAlpine, Phyo Kyaw Myint

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Abstract

This is SCoOP’s third Acute Hospitals Report to NHS Boards and Health and
Social Care Partnerships. It aims to help them assess their specialist acute
geriatric medicine services’ performance by highlighting variation in outcomes
across Scotland. There are many factors that can account for variation in outcomes, including differences in case-mix, service configuration, resources and staffing. The report does not attempt to explain the variation but aims to stimulate thoughtful discussion, learning and action. The report should be used to help benchmark some key patient outcomes and inspire a culture of inter-organisational learning and continuous improvement. The wider goal is to reduce unwarranted and unjustifiable variation in outcomes, which may represent a threat to patient safety and/or a failure to learn from best practice. The report includes figures comparing outcomes across 19 acute hospital sites and a summary for each hospital site. Data for some smaller hospital sites were removed for disclosure reasons. For the purposes of this report, admissions were only counted where the majority of the total hospital stay was spent in an acute hospital site. All data were provided by Public Health Scotland. These rely on health boards correctly identifying and coding admissions under geriatric medicine teams.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherUniversity of Aberdeen
Commissioning bodyBritish Geriatrics Society
Number of pages48
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 2023

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