Publication, Part of Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity 2019-20
National statistics, Accredited official statistics
Summary Report - ACC - Days
Critical Care records by start and discharge day, 2019-20
This chart shows the distribution of critical care records through the week.
Most critical care records started on a weekday (232,115 records, 81.1 per cent).
Just under half (49.8 per cent) of discharges were between Wednesday and Friday as it was in 2018-19.
Critical Care - Average length of stay by start day, 2019-20
Although we can see from the previous chart that fewer critical care records start at the weekend, the average length of stay for patients that were admitted on a Saturday or Sunday was almost one day longer compared with those admitted on a weekday.
This could be because episodes starting at the weekend include more emergency cases.
Critical Care - Average length of stay by discharge day, 2019-20
Like in 2018-19, the average length of stay was longest for critical care records ending on a Monday (5.0 days).
This is over 1 day longer than discharges at the end of the working week (1.6 days longer than Saturdays, 1.1 days longer than Sundays).
Patients discharged on a Saturday had the shortest average length of stay at 3.4 days, as it was for 2018-19.
Last edited: 18 November 2020 2:17 pm