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1National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford.
The Health Service Journal
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
The government's plans for multi-agency healthcare will be hampered by the variability of data available in different sectors. Data collection from private hospitals, clinics and nursing homes lags far behind the NHS. Unless data collection improves, no information will be available on the care provided to the 270,000 people expected to receive rehabilitation or intermediate care in nursing homes under the NHS plan. This lack of essential data will weaken mechanisms for control.