Quality of hospital care for neuromuscular disorders from the patients’ perspective

Nijman, Jessica; Groenen, A.M.R.; Horemans, Anja M.C.; Delnoij, Diana

doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2012.08.006

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“…In the UK, it has been estimated that 71,000 people have a neuromuscular disease (NMD) many of which have a progressive course leading to significant disability with multi-system involvement; such patients require lifelong specialised multi-disciplinary care. However, several reports indicate that access to specialised neuromuscular services is variable and patient satisfaction for hospital services could be improved [1,2,3]. In the United Kingdom in recent years emergency hospital admissions have been rising [4][5][6][7] at a substantial cost for commissioners.…”

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Improving specialised care for neuromuscular patients reduces the frequency of preventable emergency hospital admissions

Scalco¹,

Quinlivan²,

Nastasi³

et al. 2020

Neuromuscular Disorders

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confidence: 99%