Table 5.
Patient origin matrix for NSRI and the hospitals in the region understudy labelled according to the postcode district location (data in bold represent cases per district corresponding to the hospital main provider)
| All the postcode districts within ST postcode area | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hospitals in the region | ST1 | ST2 | ST3 | ST4 | ST5 | ST6 | ST7 | ST8 | ST9 | ST10 | ST11 | ST12 | ST13 | ST14 | ST15 | ST16 | ST17 | ST18 | ST19 | ST20 | ST21 |
| ST4 | 379 | 459 | 737 | 645 | 968 | 822 | 453 | 203 | 122 | 291 | 107 | 37 | 290 | 22 | 61 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| ST16 | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 10 | 5 | - | 43 | 153 | 231 | 344 | 140 | 113 | 37 | 56 | ||||
| SK10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 12 | - | 6 | - | 21 | - | ||||||||
| SK2* | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| CW1* | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 44 | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| TF1* | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| WV10 | - | - | - | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| WS2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| DE13* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| DE1 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Source: Trauma Audit and Research Network & Hospital Episode Statistics (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
e.g. 737 cases with residence ST3 were admitted to NSRI – the highest number in the column, therefore NSRI is main ST3 provider – cells with under 5 cases suppress (data protection requirements)
*data over shorter time periods then 1997–2004, depending on the number of years TARN membership per hospital NSRI, Stoke on Trent (ST4), Staffordshire General Hospital, Stoke on Trent (ST16), Macclesfield District General Hospital, Stockport (SK10), Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport (SK2), Leighton Hospital, Crewe (CW1), Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (TF1), New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton (WV10), Manor Hospital, Walsall (WS2), Queen's Hospital, Derbyshire (DE13) and Derbyshire Royal Infirmary (DE1)