Dr Foster - Hospital guide
- Abstract
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This is a hospital directory is a comprehensive directory of NHS hospitals and private hospitals in the UK. It lets you easily compare the health services available in your area. It's important to know that NHS patients in England now have the right to choose where and when they receive hospital treatment. The directory can be searched by procedure (choose from a list of the 30 most common operations performed in England) or by hospital.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Waiting time for treatment, expected stay in hospital, readmissions, infection control (MRSA and C Difficile), the trusts overall level of mortality and general hospital information for example number of beds in hospital and number of wards etc
- Variables
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What's the waiting time for treatment, how long can i expect to stay in hospital, will i need to stay overnight, readmission rate, rates of MRSA and C Difficile, trusts overall level of mortality
- Keywords
- Hospital, surgical procedure, GP, treatment, hospital stay, MRSA, C Difficile, consultant, mortality, standardised mortality ratios
- Identifier Variables
- Surgical procedure, postcode, NHS trust
- Area of Health System
- Secondary care
- Disease Area
- Infectious diseases
- Data collecting organization (s)
- Dr Fosters
- Data Type
- Administrative
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate
- Sample
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All NHS and private hospitals in the UK
- Availability
- Dr Foster
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.drfosterhealth.co.uk/hospital-guide/
- Contact
- Tel: 02073328800, DFRinfo@drfoster.co.uk
- Publications
- Mohammed MA, et al. Comparing processes of stroke care in high- and low-mortality hospitals in the West Midlands, UK. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2005; 17(1): 31–36