§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of discharged patients aged 75 years and over were readmitted within one month as emergencies in each quarter since 1997. [147308]
§ Dr. LadymanThe Department collects information on emergency re-admissions to hospital within 28 days of discharge. Between 1997 and 2002, this information was collected for those patients aged 75 and over.
Monitoring information is now collected on an all ages basis to avoid perverse incentives that could lead to older people being denied care in hospital when this is necessary.
The information requested is shown in the tables.
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Financial year Quarter Number of people aged
75 and over
discharged
from hospital
Number of people aged 75
and over
readmitted as an
emergency within 28 days of
discharge
Rate of 28 day emergency
readmission for
people aged
over 75 (%)
2003–04 Q2 2003–04 Q1 2002–03 Q4 2002–03 Q3 2002–03 Q2 2002–03 Q1 2001–02 Q4 437,034 31,493 7.2 2001–02 Q3 429,124 31,427 7.3 2001–02 Q2 422,143 30,083 7.1 2001–02 Q1 408,817 29,878 7.3 2000–01 Q4 409,335 31,538 7.7 2000–01 Q3 411,137 29,896 7.3 2000–01 Q2 406,761 28,820 7.1 2000–01 01 390,010 28,735 7.4 1999–2000 Q4 377.277 28,611 7.6 1999–2000 Q3 368,244 26,523 7.2 1999–2000 Q2 368,329 26,758 7.3 1999–2000 Q1 346,079 26,702 7.7 1998–99 Q4 365,801 29,933 8.2 1998–99 Q3 361,266 29,110 8.1 1998–99 Q2 357,275 28,839 8.1 1998–99 Q1 342,787 29,213 8.5 1997–98 Q4 343,170 24,435 7.1 1997–98 Q3 335,188 23,771 7.1 1997–98 Q2 333,781 22,385 6.7 1997–98 Q1 326,996 23,557 7.2 1996–97 Q4 339,389 23,625 7.0
Financial year Quarter Number of people of all
ages
discharged
from hospital
Number of people of all ages
readmitted as an
emergency within 28 days of
discharge
Rate of 28 day emergency
readmission for
people of all
ages (%)
2003–04 Q2 2,405,479 131,981 5.5 2003–04 Q1 2,402,573 135,153 5.6 2002–03 Q4 2,501,481 138,742 5.5 2002–03 Q3 2,429,606 131.704 5.4 2002–03 Q2 2,334.696 124,176 5.3 2002–03 Q1 2,313,818 125.085 5.4