Use of age-specific hospital catchment populations to investigate geographical variation in inpatient admissions for children and young people in England: retrospective, cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop a method for calculating age-specific hospital catchment populations (HCPs) for children and young people (CYP) in England. To show how these methods allow geographical variation in hospital activity to be investigated and addressed more effectively.

Design

Retrospective, secondary analysis of existing national datasets.

Setting

Inpatient care of CYP (0-18 years) in England.

Participants

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data were accessed for all inpatient admissions (elective and emergency) for CYP from birth to 18 years, 364 days, for 2011/2012-2014/2015. In 2014/2015, 857 112 admissions were analysed, from an eligible population of approximately 11.9 million CYP.

Outcome measures

For each hospital Trust, the catchment population

SUBMITTER: Arora S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082474 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature