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Health: Elderly People

Answer

The information is shown in the following tables. Mean and median time waited (days) for finished admissions episodes¹ with the main operative procedure² as specified by patient age group for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11. Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.

Patient Age Group	Hip Replacement
	2008-09		2009-10		2010-11
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
75-79	82	73	84	74	84	78
80-84	83	73	84	77	83	78
85-89	83	73	84	74	82	76
90-94	81	75	83	79	84	77
95 & over	79	65	84	72	86	84

"Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre"

Patient Age Group	Knee Replacement
	2008-09		2009-10		2010-11
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
75-79	87	77	88	78	89	82
80-84	89	78	87	77	89	82
85-89	88	79	87	79	90	85
90-94	87	74	99	85	90	80
95 & over	94	59	80	88	88	81

"Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre"

Patient Age Group	Coronary artery bypass graft
	2008-09		2009-10		2010-11
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
75-79	66	59	60	54	57	47
80-84	68	66	60	51	57	51
85-89	64	58	60	55	61	61
90-94	81	78	77	97	87	82
95 & over	-	-	-	-	-	-

"Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre"

Patient Age Group	Cochlea Implant
	2008-09		2009-10		2010-11
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
75-79	37	31	70	67	58	58
80-84	79	61	48	41	58	55
85-89	50	46	30	23	77	70
90-94	35	35	17	17	27	27
95 & over	-	-	-	-	-	-

"Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre"

Patient Age Group	Cholecystectomy
	2008-09		2009-10		2010-11
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
75-79	68	57	71	63	76	68
80-84	66	57	73	61	75	69
85-89	64	52	72	62	75	63
90-94	50	49	47	47	83	68
95 & over	19	19	69	39	123	123

"Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre""¹ Finished admission episodes""An FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.""² Main procedure""The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, (eg time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures." "¹ Finished admission episodes""An FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.""² Main procedure""The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, (eg time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures." "An FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.""² Main procedure""The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, (eg time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures." "² Main procedure""The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, (eg time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures." "The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, (eg time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16786; 736 c340-2WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Older people Waiting lists Surgery

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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