Table 2: Number of hospital admissions and hospital admission rates of care home residents to National Health Service trusts in England between 1 March and 31 May in 2019 and 2020, by care home type and admission type 9pt11pt.
Care home type | Residential | Nursing | |||||
2019 | 2020 | Change (%) | 2019 | 2020 | Change (%) | ||
Elective* | |||||||
N | 3493 | 1266 | -2227 (-64) | 2511 | 976 | -1535 (-61) | |
Rate† | 10.92 | 3.90 | -7.03 (-64) | 10.12 | 3.91 | -6.22 (-61) | |
Emergency, all | |||||||
N | 21502 | 17042 | -4460 (-21) | 15392 | 12916 | -2476 (-16) | |
Rate† | 67.22 | 52.43 | -14.79 (-22) | 62.06 | 51.68 | -10.38 (-17) | |
Emergency, COVID-19 | |||||||
N | - | 2960 | - | - | 3295 | - | |
Rate† | - | 9.11 | - | - | 13.18 | - | |
Emergency, other primary diagnosis | |||||||
N | 21502 | 14082 | -7420 (-35) | 15392 | 9621 | -5771 (-37) | |
Rate† | 67.22 | 43.33 | -23.9 (-36) | 62.06 | 38.50 | -23.56 (-38) | |
Emergency, potentially avoidable | |||||||
N | 7652 | 4926 | -2726 (-36) | 6052 | 3755 | -2297 (-38) | |
Rate† | 23.92 | 15.16 | -8.77 (-37) | 24.40 | 15.03 | -9.38 (-38) |
*Includes ordinary admissions and day cases. †Admissions per 100 residents per year.