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The indicators presented measure the percentage of emergency admissions to any hospital in England occurring within 30 days of the last, previous discharge from hospital backdated to 2014/15.
The Compendium mortality set publication has now been discontinued, please see the details below.
The Compendium hospital care set covers the following publications:
The indicators presented measure the percentage of emergency admissions to any hospital in England occurring within 30 days of the last, previous discharge from hospital over the period 2014/15 to 2024/25.
The purpose of these indicators is to help the NHS monitor emergency admissions. In 2014, NHS England set a target to reduce total emergency admissions by 3.5%, ‘as a clear indicator of the effectiveness of local health and care services in working better together to support people’s health and independence...
To monitor care for the elderly.
In the absence of routine data on patient levels of function and well-being, a return to usual residence following hospital treatment may act as a proxy for successful outcome of rehabilitation. The category of accommodation as coded in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data is used as a proxy for place...
Percentage of emergency admissions to any hospital in England occurring within 30 days of the last, previous discharge from hospital with specific diagnosis: indirectly standardised by age, sex, method of admission and diagnosis group.
This indicator measures the counts and crude rates per 100,000 discharges of different primary diagnoses reported in the emergency readmission episode following a discharge that involved a specified diagnosis or procedure. Figures are reported at a national level.