Primary care arrangements for elderly people in residential and nursing homes

doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7184.666

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Shane Kavanagh, Research fellow (S.M.Kavanagh@ukc.ac.uk),
Martin Knapp, Professor

Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF
Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE

EDITOR—McCormack highlights variations, inequities, and problems in care for elderly people discharged after short stays in hospital.1 Declining long stay provision in the NHS and shorter acute inpatient stays have increased pressure on community services, exacerbating perverse incentives between health and social care.1 As long term care of elderly people is redefined as social care general practitioners have become responsible for the health care of increasing numbers of frailer residents of residential and nursing homes. Evidence on the effect of this …