Trends in Emergency Admissions in England 2004 – 2009
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Increasing Short-Stay Unplanned Hospital Admissions among Children in England; Time Trends Analysis ’97–‘06
BACKGROUND Timely care by general practitioners in the community keeps children out of hospital and provides better continuity of care. Yet in the UK, access to primary care has diminished since 2004 when changes in general practitioners' contracts enabled them to 'opt out' of providing out-of-hours care and since then unplanned pediatric hospital admission rates have escalated, particularly th...
متن کاملTrends in asthma hospitalisation: is this related to prevention inhaler usage?
S underland and Fleming show declining episodes of acute asthma seen in general practice and make reference to increasing hospitalisation for childhood asthma between 1970 and 1990. Whilst overall paediatric admissions have risen since 1990, I present data here which shows that there has been a decline in hospital asthma admissions for children in England since 1990. This is the case even when ...
متن کاملWhat aspects of primary care predict emergency admission rates? A cross sectional study
BACKGROUND From 2004 to 2009 there was almost a 12% rise in emergency admissions in England. This can be explained partly by an aging population and other socio-demographic characteristics, but much cannot be explained by these factors. We explored aspects of care, in addition to known demographic characteristics in general practice, that are associated with emergency admissions. METHODS A cr...
متن کاملThe cost of emergency hospital admissions for falls on snow and ice in England during winter 2009/10: a cross sectional analysis
BACKGROUND In the UK, the 2009/10 winter was characterised by sustained low temperatures; grit stocks became depleted and surfaces left untreated. We describe the relationship between temperature and emergency hospital admissions for falls on snow and ice in England, identify the age and gender of those most likely to be admitted, and estimate the inpatient costs of these admissions during the ...
متن کاملShort term impact of smoke-free legislation in England: retrospective analysis of hospital admissions for myocardial infarction
OBJECTIVE To measure the short term impact on hospital admissions for myocardial infarction of the introduction of smoke-free legislation in England on 1 July 2007. DESIGN An interrupted time series design with routinely collected hospital episode statistics data. Analysis of admissions from July 2002 to September 2008 (providing five years' data from before the legislation and 15 months' dat...
متن کامل