Length of stay and economic sustainability of virtual ward care in a medium-sized hospital of the UK: a retrospective longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the length of stay difference and its economic implications between hospital patients and virtual ward patients.

Design

Retrospective longitudinal study.

Setting

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals, National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, a medium-sized NHS trust in the north-west of England.

Participants

Virtual ward patients (n=318) were matched 1:1 to 1:4, depending on matching characteristics, to all hospital patients (n=350). All patients were admitted to the hospital during the calendar year 2022.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome is the length of stay as defined from the date of hospital admission to the date of discharge or death (hospital patients) and from the date of hospital admission to the

SUBMITTER: Jalilian A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10823930 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature