Table 1.

 Summary statistics of hospital episode statistics and Scottish morbidity data

	2001/2	2002/3	2003/4	2004/5	2005/6
Number of spells
Non-foundation trusts	7 629 806	7 526 797	7 820 040	7 958 654	8 347 898
Foundation trusts	1 617 327	1 845 650	1 929 056	1 973 753	2 077 994
Scotland	1 061 903	1 030 201	1 031 844	1 039 950	1 063 328
Length of stay (days)
Non-foundation trusts:
Number	4 802 745	4 704 459	4 946 759	5 060 002	5 243 302
Mean	10.33	8.80	8.16	7.89	7.42
Foundation trusts:
Number	978 306	1 094 740	1 144 208	1 169 162	1 219 550
Mean	8.20	6.74	6.59	6.28	5.98
Scotland:
Number	694 376	685 289	682 111	680 309	687 721
Mean	7.51	7.47	7.51	7.42	7.27
In-hospital mortality
Non-foundation trusts:
Number	7 629 806	7 526 797	7 820 040	7 958 654	8 347 898
Mean	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
Foundation trusts:
Number	1 617 327	1 845 650	1 929 056	1 973 753	2 077 994
Mean	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Scotland:
Number	1 061 903	1 030 201	1 031 844	1 039 950	1 063 328
Mean	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
30 day post-surgical mortality
Non-foundation trusts:
Number	3 240 116	3 256 791	3 337 277	3 352 583	2 960 147
Mean	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Foundation trusts:
Number	734 585	865 652	896 085	901 642	832 153
Mean	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Scotland:
Number	499 288	481 190	481 268	486 319	508 204
Mean	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Emergency readmission after treatment for hip fracture
Non-foundation trusts:
Number		44 419	44 118	43 879	45 231
Mean		0.12	0.11	0.12	0.13
Foundation trusts:
Number		9 205	9 340	9 211	9 344
Mean		0.10	0.11	0.10	0.11
Scotland:
Number		6 207	6 179	6 150	6 299
Mean		0.09	0.09	0.08	0.09