Table 1. Number and characteristics of patients with recent diagnoses of opioid dependence in the calendar year 2021, based on preliminary analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics.
| Site | Number of
patients |
Patient-directed
discharge N (%) |
28-day
readmission N (%) |
Age (IQR) | Male
N (%) |
5+ comorbidities
N (%) |
% patients at
hospital with COVID-19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iHOST sites | |||||||
| A | 349 | 70 (20.1) | 101 (28.9) | 46 (36-54) | 244 (69.9) | 143 (41.0) | 10.1 |
| B | 662 | 149 (22.5) | 214 (32.3) | 43 (38-47) | 489 (73.9) | 195 (29.5) | 6.9 |
| C | 624 | 116 (18.6) | 148 (23.7) | 43 (37-50) | 392 (62.8) | 182 (29.2) | 4.8 |
| Control hospitals | |||||||
| All | 24604 | 4048 (16.5) | 7001 (28.5) | 43 (37-50) | 16425 (66.8) | 6718 (27.3) | 7.9 |
| 1 | 893 | 61 (6.8) | 322 (36.1) | 42 (35-49) | 535 (59.9) | 97 (10.9) | 6.1 |
| 2 | 818 | 102 (12.5) | 156 (19.1) | 40 (35-47) | 584 (71.4) | 138 (16.9) | 8.3 |
| 3 | 728 | 103 (14.1) | 183 (25.1) | 45 (37-52) | 458 (62.9) | 134 (18.4) | 9.0 |
| 4 | 732 | 191 (26.1) | 265 (36.2) | 45 (38-50) | 533 (72.8) | 208 (28.4) | 6.7 |
| 5 | 739 | 92 (12.4) | 249 (33.7) | 43 (37-50) | 445 (60.2) | 185 (25.0) | 5.8 |
| Etc … | |||||||