Waiting: Inpatients
- Abstract
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Contains information on the waiting times of patients and waiting lists collected from English PCTs on a responsible population basis, and also from NHS Trusts on a provider basis. Hospital inpatient waiting list information on patients who are waiting to be admitted for treatment and elective admission events that include decisions to admit, admissions, failure to attend, removals, deferrals and suspensions. Contains information on NHS patients resident in England who are waiting to be admitted for treatment as a day case or ordinary admission. It does not include:
* patients admitted as emergency cases.
* outpatients.
* patients undergoing a planned programme of treatment e.g. a series of admissions for chemotherapy.
* expectant mothers booked for confinement.
* patients already in hospital.
* patients who are temporarily suspended from waiting lists for social reasons or because they are known to be not medically ready for treatment. - Main Topics/Subject Category
- Waiting List & Elective Admissions Time
- Variables
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Number of patients waiting for admission by weeks of waiting.
- Keywords
- Inpatient, waiting time, waiting list, admission, elective admission, non price rationing, rationing
- Identifier Variables
- SHA, PCT, NHS trust, NHS foundation trust
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Quality, Outcomes
- Area of Health System
- Secondary care
- Data collecting organization (s)
- Department of Health
- Data Type
- Administrative
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate
- Sample
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Patients from all English PCTs and NHS trusts who are waiting to be admitted.
- Availability
- Department of Health
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.dh.gov.uk/[…]/index.htm
- Contact
- Tel: 01132545957, Unify2@dh.gsi.gov.uk
- Publications
- Martin RM, et al. NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data. BMJ 2003; 326: 188