Table 4.
Diagnostic and admission data for patients whose admission was considered to be potentially avoidable (n = 14)
| Source of admission |
Clinic |
1 (7.1%) |
| A&E |
8 (57.1%) |
|
| GP |
4 (28.6%) |
|
| |
Other |
1 (7.1%) |
| Time of admission |
Usual working hours (9.00 – 17.00) |
2 (14.3%) |
| Out of hours (17.00 – 9.00) |
12 (85.7%) |
|
| Reason for admission to hospital |
Fall |
2 (14.3%) |
| Confusion/general deterioration |
5 (35.7%) |
|
| Urinary Tract Infection |
1 (7.1%) |
|
| Stroke |
2 (14.3%) |
|
| Intra-abdominal catastrophe |
1 (7.1%) |
|
| Pain/symptom control |
3 (21.4%) |
|
| Underlying diagnosis |
Cancer |
6 (42.9%) |
| Frailty |
2 (14.3%) |
|
| End stage renal failure |
1(7.1%) |
|
| Stroke |
3 (2.1%) |
|
| Dementia |
1 (7.1%) |
|
| Encephalopathy |
1 (7.1%) |
|
| DNAR order in place |
11 (78.6%) |
|
| Placed on Liverpool Care Pathway |
1 (7.1%) |
|
| Evidence of referral to specialist palliative care |
4 (28.6%) |
|
| Suggested alternative place of care |
Hospice |
3 (21.4%) |
| Nursing home |
10 (71.4%) |
|
| Own home | 1 (7.1%) | |