Table 3.
Demographics of patients meeting and not meeting R2R criteria on presentation to QEHB in the censor period
| All QEHB patient days | Meeting eR2Rab | Not meeting eR2Rab | |
| N | 1 039 592 | 919 751 (88.5) | 119 841 (11.5) |
| Age in years*: median (IQR) | 68 (53–80) | 69 (54–81) | 63 (48–76) |
| Sex* (n, %) | |||
| Female | 488 120 (47.0) | 434 418 (47.2) | 53 702 (44.8) |
| Male | 546 061 (52.5) | 484 816 (52.7) | 61 245 (51.1) |
| Not recorded | 5411 (0.5) | 517 (0.1) | 4894 (4.1) |
| Self-reported ethnicity* (n, %) | |||
| White | 784 528 (75.5) | 698 573 (76.0) | 85 955 (71.7) |
| Mixed/multiple | 12 983 (1.2) | 11 023 (1.2) | 1960 (1.6) |
| South Asian/Asian British | 114 049 (11.0) | 98 903 (10.8) | 15 146 (12.6) |
| Black/African/Caribbean/black British | 51 122 (4.9) | 43 991 (4.8) | 7131 (6.0) |
| Other ethnic group | 19 475 (1.9) | 16 623 (1.8) | 2852 (2.4) |
| Not known | 57 435 (5.5) | 50 638 (5.5) | 6797 (5.7) |
| Co-morbidity count* (n, %) | |||
| None | 196 121 (18.9) | 164 704 (17.9) | 31 417 (26.2) |
| 1–2 | 474 922 (45.7) | 423 200 (46.0) | 51 722 (43.2) |
| 3 or more | 368 549 (35.5) | 331 847 (36.1) | 36 702 (30.6) |
| Morbidities (n, %) | |||
| Hypertension* | 492 160 (47.3) | 439 930 (47.8) | 52 230 (43.6) |
| Cerebrovascular disease* | 159 316 (15.3) | 147 676 (16.1) | 11 640 (9.7) |
| Atrial fibrillation* | 224 501 (21.6) | 204 458 (22.2) | 20 043 (16.7) |
| Ischaemic heart disease, angina, myocardial infarct* | 198 480 (19.1) | 173 708 (18.9) | 24 772 (20.7) |
| Diabetes (types 1 and 2)* | 271 505 (26.1) | 242 328 (26.3) | 29 177 (24.3) |
| Asthma* | 103 679 (10.0) | 91 136 (9.9) | 12 543 (10.5) |
| COPD* | 112 731 (10.8) | 103 882 (11.3) | 8849 (7.4) |
| Interstitial lung disease* | 2533 (0.2) | 2380 (0.3) | 153 (0.1) |
| Chronic kidney disease* | 198 052 (19.1) | 178 284 (19.4) | 19 768 (16.5) |
| Any active malignancy* | 215 959 (20.8) | 194 419 (21.1) | 21 540 (18.0) |
| Dementia (all types)* | 65 272 (6.3) | 61 324 (6.7) | 3948 (3.3) |
| English Indices of deprivation | |||
| 1 | 430 114 (41.4) | 382 132 (41.5) | 47 982 (40.0) |
| 2 | 222 478 (21.4) | 197 999 (21.5) | 24 479 (20.4) |
| 3 | 178 565 (17.2) | 158 047 (17.2) | 20 518 (17.1) |
| 4 | 107 747 (10.4) | 96 115 (10.5) | 11 632 (9.7) |
| 5 | 75 854 (7.3) | 67 296 (7.3) | 8558 (7.1) |
| Not recorded | 24 834 (2.4) | 18 162 (2.0) | 6672 (5.6) |
| Care escalation to ITU (n, %) | 101 017 (9.7) | 93 080 (10.1) | 7937 (6.6) |
Data are number (percentage) of patients in a bed at 00:00. Ethnicity was self-reported. Medical conditions were physician confirmed and checked against admission and linked primary care notes. English indices of deprivation were calculated using postcode.
*Significant difference between meeting and not meeting eR2Rab (p<0.05 in univariate analysis).
eR2R, electronic R2R; R2R, reason to reside.