Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2019 Jan 28;9(1):e021854. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021854

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

PMC Copyright notice

2015–2016 correlation between delayed transfers of care, elective operation cancellations, agency spend, A&E breaches and operating margin. Elective surgery cancellations are last-minute elective operation cancellations (for non-clinical reasons) standardised in this figure to number of available beds at the Trust (as a proxy for hospital capacity). Agency spend is displayed as a proportion of turnover. Operating margin is as defined in study methods. A&E, Accident and Emergency; DTOC, delayed transfer of care.