Sardiwal, Sangeeta, "Modelling the Effect of the Allocation of Social Worker Duties on Delayed Discharges using System Dynamics in the UK", 2010 July 25-2010 July 29
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Delayed discharges have become a common problem within hospital, predominately within elderly care. Patients become blocked unnecessarily along the patient pathway. Historically allocation system policies were needed acting as coping mechanisms when there was a lack of social workers to carry out patient assessments and set up services. These allocation policies helped to reduce delayed discharging of elderly patients when resources were scarce.