Exploring emergency department 4-hour target performance and cancelled elective operations: a regression analysis of routinely collected and openly reported NHS trust data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the effect of intrahospital patient flow on emergency department (ED) performance targets and indicate if the expectations set by the National Health Service (NHS) England 5-year forward review are realistic in returning emergency services to previous performance levels.

Design

Linear regression analysis of routinely reported trust activity and performance data using a series of cross-sectional studies.

Setting

NHS trusts in England submitting routine nationally reported measures to NHS England.

Participants

142 acute non-specialist trusts operating in England between 2012 and 2016.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome measures were proportion of 4-hour waiting time breaches and cancelled elective operations.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Keogh B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988090 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature