What is the effect on productivity by service redesign to reduce paediatric admissions?If the programme set out in Focus on: emergency and urgent care pathway for children and young people were introduced across NHS England to reduce by 25% both the number of emergency admissions and the number of children and young people who present at emergency departments, then £129 million of benefits could be realised (first-year saving across 151 trusts).
This is based on reducing the number of tariff payments made per admitted patient (based on an average of £622 for overnight stay and an average of £565 for a zero length of stay, i.e. those who do not stay overnight – from Dr Foster Intelligence, 0–16 emergency data 2008/09).
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