SAMBA18 took place on Thursday 28th June 2018 with follow up data at 7 days.
Acute medical teams from 127 Acute Medical Units (AMUs) across the UK collected data relating to operational performance, clinical quality indicators and standards from NHS Improvement.
Data was collected from 6114 patients.

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References

1. The Society for Acute Medicine. Clinical Quality Indicators for Acute Medical Units. 2011
2. Subbe CP, Ward D, Latip L, Le Jeune I, Bell D. A day in the life of the AMU-the Society for Acute Medicine’s benchmarking audit 2012 (SAMBA ‘12). Acute Med. 2013;12(2):69-73
3. Le Jeune I, Masterton-Smith C, Subbe CP, Ward D. “State of the Nation”-the Society for Acute Medicine’s Benchmarking Audit 2013 (SAMBA ‘13). Acute Med. 2013;12(4):214-9.
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