Elderly Patients Attending ED due to Poor Housing

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1. Elderly Patients ( 66+ ) who are discharged following an emergency A&E Admission with a specified diagnosis that can be associated with environmental conditions.

Diagnosis Codes
Exposure to excessive natural cold X31
Immersion hand and foot T690
Chilblains T691
Other specified effects of reduced temperature T698
Effect of reduced temperature, unspecified T699
Other effects of reduced temperature T69
Hypothermia T68X
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease J44
Chronic obstruct pulmonary dis with acute lower resp infec J440
Chron obstruct pulmonary dis wth acute exacerbation, unspec J441
Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease J448
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified J449
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of head T340
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of neck T341
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of thorax T342
Frostbite with tiss necros abdominal wall low back and pelv T343
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of arm T344
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of wrist and hand T345
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of hip and thigh T346
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of knee and lower leg T347
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of ankle and foot T348
Frostbite with tissue necrosis of other and unspec sites T349
Frostbite with tissue necrosis involving multi body regions T351
Frostbite with tissue necrosis T34
Frostbite involving multiple body reg and unspec frostbite T35
Cold injury syndrome P800
Urticaria due to cold and heat L502
Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] J00X

2. The number in the cohort above that had a latter readmission within 30 days for any condition.

The time frame would be any discharge between 01/01/2015 to 01/01/2016.

FOI, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Dear Mr Wray

 

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