§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what analysis he has made of regional variation
Primary Diagnosis (ICD-10 Q82.0, 189.0, 197.8) Lymphoedema—Counts of Finished In year Admission Episodes by selected Health Authorities of Residence. NHS Hospitals, England 1997–98 to 2001–02 Health Authority of residence 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 OAK East Surrey HA 3 6 4 2 3 QAL West Surrey HA 3 4 8 4 15 QA M East Sussex Brighton & Hove HA 46 10 25 48 22 QAN West Sussex HA 579 312 357 333 384 Notes
1. Admissions-admissions are defined as the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. Diagnosis (Primary Diagnosis)—the primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis is fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
3. Grossing—figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data except 2001–02, which is not yet adjusted for shortfalls.
Source
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.