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Diseases » End-stage renal disease » Hospitals

Hospital Statistics for End-stage renal disease

Hospitalization and End-stage renal disease

Hospitals & Clinics: End-stage renal disease

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Hospital statistics for End-stage renal disease:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and End-stage renal disease:

end-stage renal disease resulted in 636,010 hospitalisations for dialysis related care in Australia 2001-02 (McDonald & Russ, 2003, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
end-stage renal disease resulted in 367,861 men hospitalised for dialysis related care in Australia 2001-02 (McDonald & Russ, 2003, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
end-stage renal disease resulted in 268,149 women hospitalised for dialysis related care in Australia 2001-02 (McDonald & Russ, 2003, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
11,601 people were hospitalised for kidney failure in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
44% of people hospitalised for kidney failure were women in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
56% of people hospitalised for kidney failure were men in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
7.7 days was the average length of stay in a hospital for kidney failure for men in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
8.4 days was the average length of stay in a hospital for kidney failure for women in Australia 2001-02 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
0.65% (83,465) of hospital episodes were for renal failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
82% of hospital consultations for renal failure required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
57% of hospital episodes for renal failure were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
43% of hospital episodes for renal failure were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
26% of hospital admissions for renal failure required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
11.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for renal failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for renal failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
61 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for renal failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
32% of hospitalisations for renal failure occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
32% of hospitalisations for renal failure occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45% of hospitalisations for renal failure were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.68% (358,010) of hospital bed days were for renal failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)