| Author | F F Fenech |
| Abstract | There was a total of 970 admissions for the year 2004 with 518 (53.4% of admissions) being direct transfers from wards at St Lukes Hospital. The mean bed occupancy was again 98% whilst the mean length of inpatient stay for discharged patients was 20.2 days. As regards placement outcome on discharge 67.2% of admissions returned to live in their homes whilst 2.6% had to be transferred to SVPR. 18.4% returned to, or were newly admitted into, residential or nursing homes. 6.8% died. Out of 970 admissions, 75 (7.7%) were admissions solely for respite purposes. 835 new referrals were seen at the Day Hospital with 7159 being the total number of attendances for the year. 847 patients were referred and assessed at other hospitals with 62.9% being accepted for transfer. The average waiting time for those who were transferred was 11 days (compared to 14 days for last year). If this data is compared to previous years the following points can be noted: (A) The total number of admissions has again increased with a decrease in the mean length of stay. (B) The monthly occupancy remained the same. (C) The number of new patients, the total attendances and the daily mean attendance at the day hospital increased further when compared to previous years. (D) The total number of patients assessed at other hospitals remained the same but with a higher percentage of transfers. The average waiting time decreased by 3 days. (E) The percentage of admissions returning home showed a marginal increase when compared to the previous two years. However, transfers to chronic care institutions maintained an upward trend. The two most common diagnosis remained strokes (16.0% of admissions) and post fracture femur surgery (15.9 % of admissions). |
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