NHS outpatient model is no longer fit for purpose, says RCP
NHS outpatient model is no longer fit for purpose, says RCP
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RCP 表示,NHS 门诊模式已不再适用
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.k4759
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发表时间:
2018
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通讯作者:
Gareth Iacobucci
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作者:
Gareth Iacobucci
The current model of outpatient care in the NHS requires wholesale redesign to meet growing demand and patient need, the Royal College of Physicians has argued.
A new report1 from the college says the traditional model of outpatient care, based on specialty opinion, diagnosis, and disease monitoring is “no longer fit for purpose,” and places “unnecessary financial and time costs on patients, clinicians, the NHS, and the public purse.”
The college calls for a new approach that takes into account all the costs related to an intervention, including loss of income for patients attending …