The slope index of inequality (SII) in emergency admissions for persons of all ages. The SII gives a single score describing the extent of inequality in each local authority, and is broadly comparable between areas. See below for further details on the SII.
The emergency admission rate is an important measure of the effectiveness of preventative strategies, primary care, previous hospital admissions, community care arrangements and hospital discharge arrangements. For example, inadequate treatment and management of long-term conditions in primary care may lead to unnecessary emergency admissions. This indicator has been produced in order to quantify inequalities in hospital admissions by deprivation quintile.
This indicator has been discontinued and so there will be no further updates.
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