AQW 5888/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health how many emergency admissions were related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease during each of the last four financial years from 2016/17; and what the estimated effect on these figures would be if everyone eligible for pulmonary rehabilitation received it.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 27 July 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 27 July 2020
- Answer due by
- 11 August 2020
- Answered
- 7 September 202042 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The tabulated information overleaf details the number of Emergency Admissions to HSC Trust hospitals in Northern Ireland with a primary diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for the last four financial years from 2016/17 (Table A).
Data relating to the estimated effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on the number of emergency hospital admissions for COPD, is not currently available.
Table A
| Emergency Admissions1 to HSC Trust Hospitals in Northern Ireland for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)2, 2016/17 - 2019/20P. | ||||
| HSC Trust Provider | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20P |
| Belfast | 1,428 | 1,612 | 1,521 | 1,420 |
| Northern | 967 | 1,009 | 977 | 1,038 |
| South Eastern | 1,212 | 1,070 | 1,020 | 880 |
| Southern | 801 | 936 | 899 | 822 |
| Western | 823 | 781 | 710 | 725 |
| Northern Ireland | 5,231 | 5,408 | 5,127 | 4,885 |
Notes:
Admissions are approximated through deaths and discharges. These figures do not denote individuals. Emergency admissions are admissions that are unplanned and are required due to acute medical needs.
The ICD-10 code ‘J44’ was used to identify COPD in the primary diagnostic field of the Hospital Inpatient System. Codes within the primary diagnostic field will denote the main condition treated or investigated within a consultant episode; however this may not always be the reason for the admission to hospital.
P Data for this time period is provisional and subject to change.