8. PSA AND DSO PERFORMANCE
8.1.20 In respect of PSA indicator 13.3/DSO
indicator 1.17 (Emergency hospital admissions caused by unintentional
and deliberate injuries to children and young people aged 0 to
17 years (per 1,000 population)) the Departmental Report
2009 notes "improvement" in 2007-08 compared
to the baseline data from 2006-07; however, the 2007-08 figure
is higher than those for any of the three years prior to the baseline
(p. 254). Why was 2006-07 chosen as a baseline for this indicator?
Are the data for 2008-09 available yet? (Q111)
Answer
1. The year 2006-07 was chosen as the
baseline for this indicator as this was the most recent year for
which final published data was available at the time when the
definition of the indicator was first finalised and the revised
PSA Delivery Agreement was published (April 2008).
2. Provisional data for 2008-09 is
given in table 111, along with adjusted provisional data
to illustrate what the rates would be if the magnitude of the
deficiencies in data reported in 2007-08 were to be replicated
in 2008-09.
Table 111
PSA INDICATOR 13.3: EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
PER 10,000 POPULATION AGED 0-17 YEARS CAUSED BY UNINTENTIONAL
AND DELIBERATE INJURY, BY CAUSE GROUP
|
| Year | All causes
| Accidents | All non-
accidental
causes
| Intentional
self-harm
| Complications
due to medical &
surgical care
| Assault | Other non-
accidental
causes
|
|
| 2003-04 | 116.1
| 94.2 | 21.9
| 9.9 | 7.2
| 3.7 | 1.1
|
| 2004-05 | 116.2
| 94.1 | 22.1
| 10.0 | 7.1
| 3.9 | 1.1
|
| 2005-06 | 120.6
| 96.5 | 24.1
| 11.5 | 7.4
| 4.2 | 1.1
|
| 2006-07 | 123.1
| 98.0 | 25.1
| 11.5 | 8.0
| 4.5 | 1.0
|
| 2007-08 | 121.5
| 95.6 | 26.0
| 12.2 | 8.8
| 4.1 | 1.0
|
| 2008-09 provisional(1) | 117.3
| 91.8 | 25.6
| 11.4 | 9.5
| 3.8 | 0.9
|
| 2008-09 adjusted provisional(2) | 120.9
| 94.4 | 26.5
| 11.8 | 9.8
| 3.9 | 0.9
|
|
| Source: |
| NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (Hospital Episode Statistics).
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Footnotes:
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| 1. The data is provisional and may contain data coverage and quality problems for which no adjustments have been made. Data may have been collected before complete data could be provided by the NHS. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, ie June for quarter 1 data collection, September for quarter 2 and so on. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be a variety of errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.
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| 2. Provisional data has been adjusted to provide an illustration of what the figures would be if the magnitude of the deficiencies in data reported in 2007-08 were to be replicated in 2008-09.
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