Understanding NHS hospital admissions in England: linkage of Hospital Episode Statistics to the Hertfordshire Cohort Study | Zendy

Shirley Simmonds | Zendy; Holly Syddall | Zendy; Bronagh Walsh | Zendy; Maria Evandrou | Zendy; Elaine Dennison | Zendy; Cyrus Cooper | Zendy; Avan Aihie Sayer | Zendy

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Understanding NHS hospital admissions in England: linkage of Hospital Episode Statistics to the Hertfordshire Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Shirley Simmonds,

Holly Syddall,

Bronagh Walsh,

Maria Evandrou,

Elaine Dennison,

Cyrus Cooper,

Avan Aihie Sayer

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afu020

Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , quartile , hospital admission , demography , cohort study , interquartile range , emergency medicine , pediatrics , confidence interval , sociology

concern over the sustainability of the National Health Service (NHS) is often focussed on rising numbers of hospital admissions, particularly among older people. Hospital admissions are enumerated routinely by the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Service, but published data do not allow individual-level service use to be explored. This study linked information on Hertfordshire Cohort Study (HCS) participants with HES inpatient data, with the objective of describing patterns and predictors of admissions among individuals.

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