Hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of heart failure in England in 2015/2016
N | Age range | Overall | Emergency (non-elective) | Elective | Day cases | ||||
Patients | Spells | Patients* | Spells | Patients* | Spells | Patients* | Spells | ||
With secondary ID/IDA | ≥21 years | 26 530 | 33 711 | 25 160 | 30 584 | 1063 | 1146 | 991 | 1981 |
≥75 years | 19 312 | 23 918 | 18 654 | 22 291 | 542 | 573 | 434 | 1054 | |
Without secondary ID/IDA | ≥21 years | 52 275 | 62 064 | 45 784 | 52 478 | 3581 | 3789 | 4492 | 5797 |
≥75 years | 33 402 | 38 747 | 31 287 | 35 475 | 1365 | 1438 | 1328 | 1834 |
*Patients could be counted in more than one column for emergency, elective and day case admissions if they required more than one type of admission during the period analysed.
ID, iron deficiency; IDA, iron deficiency anaemia.