House of Lords written question – answered at on 23 April 2012.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) admissions, and (2) emergency admissions, took place for (a) hip replacement, (b) knee replacement, (c) coronary artery bypass graft, (d) cochlea implant, and (e) cholecystectomy procedures, for patients aged (i) 75-79, (ii) 80-84, (iii) 85-89, (iv) 90-94 and, (v) 95 years and over, in each of the last three years for which data are available.
The information is shown in the following tables.
Total number of finished admissions episodes1 (FAEs) and FAEs where the method of admission is emergency3 where a main operative procedure2 as identified has been carried out, by age group for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11.
Activity in English National Health Services Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.
Patient Age Group | Hip replacement | |||||
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | |
75-79 | 15,917 | 4,670 | 15,890 | 4,769 | 16,420 | 4,731 |
80-84 | 13,054 | 6,435 | 13,215 | 6,546 | 13,960 | 6,649 |
85-89 | 9,904 | 6,900 | 10,067 | 7,123 | 9,976 | 7,031 |
90-94 | 3,633 | 3,130 | 3,670 | 3,187 | 4,263 | 3,669 |
95 & over | 1,263 | 1,202 | 1,283 | 1,224 | 1,271 | 1,215 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Patient Age Group | Knee replacement | |||||
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | |
75-79 | 13,382 | 64 | 12,716 | 61 | 13,075 | 35 |
80-84 | 7,735 | 80 | 7,510 | 50 | 7,685 | 61 |
85-89 | 2,721 | 37 | 2,736 | 42 | 2,860 | 45 |
90-94 | 278 | 12 | 274 | 9 | 383 | 7 |
95 & over | 20 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
Source Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Patient Age Group | Coronary artery bypass graft | |||||
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | |
75-79 | 546 | 20 | 449 | 16 | 455 | 15 |
80-84 | 322 | 8 | 303 | 17 | 304 | 15 |
85-89 | 83 | 1 | 97 | 8 | 86 | 4 |
90-94 | 8 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - |
95 & over | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Patient Age Group | Cochlea Implant | |||||
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | |
75-79 | 33 | - | 35 | - | 32 | - |
80-84 | 20 | 1 | 16 | - | 16 | - |
85-89 | 7 | - | 5 | - | 7 | - |
90-94 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
95 & over | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Patient Age Group | Cholecystectomy | |||||
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | Total FAEs | Emergency FAEs | |
75-79 | 2,864 | 283 | 2,958 | 332 | 2,982 | 318 |
80-84 | 1,194 | 180 | 1,282 | 186 | 1,302 | 198 |
85-89 | 429 | 105 | 424 | 90 | 379 | 85 |
90-94 | 47 | 22 | 44 | 19 | 63 | 24 |
95 & over | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
1 FAE
An FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2 Main procedure
The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, (eg time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures.
3 Emergency Admissions
An emergency admission is one where the admission method is recorded as one of the following codes:
21 Emergency - via Accident and Emergency (A&E) services, including the casualty department of the provider.
22 Emergency - via General Practitioner (GP)
23 Emergency - via Bed Bureau, including the Central Bureau
24 Emergency - via consultant out-patient clinic
28 Emergency - other means, including patients who arrive via the A&E department
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