Table 3.
Service utilisation patterns of HaH-eligible patients
| Investigation or treatment | ‘Short-stay’ n=20 011 |
‘Medium-stay’ n=22 721 |
| Treatments | ||
| Parenteral medications | ||
| IV fluids, n (%) | 5681 (28.4) | 10 788 (47.5) |
| IV antibiotics, n (%) | 2427 (12.1) | 8093 (35.6) |
| IV diuretics, n (%) | 405 (2.0) | 1212 (5.3) |
| IV electrolytes, n (%) | 717 (3.6) | 2260 (9.9) |
| Subcutaneous insulin, n (%) | 2700 (13.5) | 5065 (22.3) |
| Procedures | ||
| Blood tests | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 19 122 (95.6) | 22 628 (99.6) |
| Number of tests per patient, mean (SD) | 6.19 (4.18) | 12.51 (8.33) |
| ECG | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 6190 (29.4) | 10 642 (37.6) |
| Number of scans per patient, mean (SD) | 1.03 (0.16) | 1.09 (0.35) |
| X-ray | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 4394 (22.0) | 9206 (40.5) |
| Number of scans per patient, mean (SD) | 0.30 (0.65) | 0.67 (1.02) |
| CT scans | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 1126 (5.6) | 3174 (13.9) |
| Number of scans per patient, mean (SD) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.13 (0.38) |
| MRI | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 1519 (7.6) | 3166 (13.9) |
| Number of scans per patient, mean (SD) | 0.09 (0.36) | 0.19 (0.52) |
| Ultrasound scans | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 484 (2.4) | 2739 (12.1) |
| Number of scans per patient, mean (SD) | 1.05 (0.22) | 1.12 (0.35) |
| Allied Health Consultations | ||
| Physiotherapy | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 4309 (21.5) | 11 729 (51.6) |
| Number of sessions/patient, mean (SD) | 0.24 (0.47) | 0.90 (1.27) |
| Number of sessions/100 bed days, mean (SD) | 18.30 (39.63) | 19.15 (23.66) |
| Occupational therapy | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 2250 (11.2) | 9862 (43.4) |
| Number of sessions/patient, mean (SD) | 0.12 (0.33) | 0.69 (1.09) |
| Number of sessions/100 bed days, mean (SD) | 8.60 (26.69) | 14.16 (19.76) |
| Nutrition therapy | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 1836 (9.2) | 6838 (30.1) |
| Number of sessions/patient, mean (SD) | 0.09 (0.30) | 0.37 (0.62) |
| Number of sessions/100 bed days, mean (SD) | 6.95 (24.14) | 8.63 (14.21) |
| Speech therapy | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 359 (1.8) | 1767 (7.8) |
| Number of sessions/patient, mean (SD) | 0.02 (0.15) | 0.13 (0.49) |
| Number of sessions/100 bed days, mean (SD) | 1.45 (12.12) | 2.54 (10.10) |
| Podiatry | ||
| Number of patients, n (%) | 333 (1.7) | 1126 (5.0) |
| Number of sessions/patient, mean (SD) | 0.02 (0.13) | 0.06 (0.28) |
| Number of sessions/100 bed days, mean (SD) | 1.41 (12.05) | 1.34 (6.58) |
HaH, hospital-at-home.