HC Deb 07 October 2003 vol 411 cc90-1W
Mr. Burstow:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average length of stay of in-patients admitted as (a) emergencies and (b) elective was in each of the last five years broken down by age. [131632]

Mr. Hutton:

The information requested is shown in the table.

Admissions
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Age group Elective Emergency Elective Emergency Elective Emergency Elective Emergency Elective Emergency
85+ 12.4 17.2 13.1 17.9 12.3 17.6 13.3 18.6 13.3 18.6
Not known 17.4 28.4 18.5 11.6 16.8 4.9 3.7 8.2 6.8 7.2
All ages 8.9 9.9 8.0 9.7 7.1 9.2 7.1 9.9 7.3 9.6

Notes:

Grossing-figures have not (yet) been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the date are ungrossed).

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

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