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Rate of NHS hospital admissions per 100,000 for alcohol related conditions (Quarterly / Narrow definition) - Female (12955) Metric type
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- This indicator measures the rate of alcohol related admissions per 100,000 population using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). This uses the 'Narrow definition' which seeks to count only those admissions where the primary code has an alcohol-attributable fraction. Although alcohol-attributable fractions exist for external cause codes (such as 27 per cent of assaults), these cannot be recorded as a primary code so the new indicator also includes admissions where the primary code does not have an alcohol-attributable fraction but where one of the secondary codes is an external cause code with an alcohol-attributable fraction. Since every admission must have a primary code it is less sensitive to coding practices but also understates the part alcohol plays in the admission. In comparison the 'Broad definition' of alcohol related admissions. This definition considers all codes (primary and any secondary codes) that are recorded in relation to a patient�s admission record, and if any of these codes has an alcohol-attributable fraction then that admission would form part of the alcohol-related admission total. It provides evidence of the scale of the problem but is sensitive to changes in coding practice over time. In summary, the narrower measure of alcohol harm is less sensitive to the changes that have occurred in coding over the years and therefore enables fairer comparison between levels of harm in different areas and over time. It is also more responsive to change resulting from local action on alcohol. However, the Broad defintion is a better measure of the total burden that alcohol has on community and health services. These indicators measure different things and are to be used for different purposes. What matters most is that they are used to develop understanding, direct action, and achieve positive change in reducing alcohol harm.
- Modified
- 07 Oct 2021
- Data last updated
- 01 Mar 2021
- Short label
- Quarterly female hospital admissions for alcohol related conditions (Narrow definition)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Per 100,000 population
- Dataset
- Rate of hospital admissions per 100,000 for alcohol related harm (Broad)
- Collection
- Local Alcohol Profiles for England
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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