How trusts are using Kaiser techniques to cut length of stay

For the past four years an important debate has been raging on what lessons the NHS can learn from Kaiser Permanente, a US organisation that finances and provides healthcare.

The spark was an analysis by Richard Feachem and colleagues, published in the BMJ in 2002, which claimed Kaiser achieved better performance than the NHS at roughly the same cost. It attracted huge interest and argument.

Click here to read the published version of this article

Click here to download the Word document of the full version