Bed days, LOS and readmissions (within 30 days of original spell)* for patients with a primary diagnosis of IDA between 2012/2013 and 2017/2018
| HES year/date range | Total bed days | Total non-elective bed days | Total elective bed days | Mean LOS total | Mean LOS non-elective spells | Mean LOS elective spells | % non-elective readmitting | % elective/DC readmitting | Difference between % non-elective and % elective/day case |
| 2012/2013 | 73 929 | 5495 | 68 434 | 1.80 | 4.28 | 0.09 | 22.4 | 6.4 | 15.9 |
| 2013/2014 | 72 464 | 4370 | 68 094 | 1.65 | 4.05 | 0.06 | 21.5 | 6.1 | 15.4 |
| 2014/2015 | 75 076 | 5070 | 70 006 | 1.58 | 3.86 | 0.07 | 22.5 | 6.2 | 16.3 |
| 2015/2016 | 80 498 | 4629 | 75 869 | 1.50 | 3.70 | 0.05 | 23.2 | 6.4 | 16.7 |
| 2016/2017 | 85 254 | 5502 | 79 752 | 1.41 | 3.47 | 0.06 | 24.0 | 6.5 | 17.5 |
| 2017/2018 | 82 915 | 4623 | 78 292 | 1.41 | 3.10 | 0.04 | 24.1 | 6.6 | 17.5 |
| Difference between 2012/2013 and 2017/2018 | 8986 | −872 | 9858 | −0.39 | −1.18 | −0.04 | – | – | – |
| % change between 2012/2013 and 2017/2018 | 12.2 | −15.9 | 14.4 | −21.6 | −27.6 | −50.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
*With anaemia in any diagnosis position in original spell.
DC, daycase; HES, hospital episode statistics; IDA, iron deficiency anaemia; LOS, length of stay.