Cross sectional study of primary care groups in London: association of measures of socioeconomic and health status with hospital admission rates.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To calculate socioeconomic and health status measures for the primary care groups in London and to examine the association between these measures and hospital admission rates.

Design

Cross sectional study.

Setting

66 primary care groups in London, total list size 8.0 million people.

Main outcome measures

Elective and emergency standardised hospital admission ratios; standardised admission rates for diabetes and asthma.

Results

Standardised hospital admission ratios varied from 74 to 116 for total admissions and from 50 to 124 for emergency admissions. Directly standardised admission rates for asthma varied from 152 to 801 per 100 000 (mean 364) and for diabetes from 235 to 1034 per 100 000 (mean 538). There were large differences in the mortal

SUBMITTER: Majeed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC27515 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature