The impact of primary care quality on inpatient length of stay for people with dementia: an analysis by discharge destination

The impact of primary care quality on inpatient length of stay for people with dementia: an analysis by discharge destination This paper examines whether the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) dementia review helps to achieve timely hospital discharge for dementia patients. It found that on average the length of stay in hospital for dementia patients is 18 days and that QOF dementia review had little effect on the length of stay. Centre for Health Economics