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RSV patient admission rate in last 7 days

Last updated on Monday, 1 July 2024 at 10:28am

Summary

Topic
RSV
Category
headline
API name
RSV_headline_admissionRateLatest

Rationale

Understanding rates and patterns of hospital admissions can help to inform planning around hospital pressures including beds and staffing.

Definition

This metric shows the rate per 100,000 people of confirmed RSV hospital admissions (general admissions plus admissions to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU)) in the last 7 days.

Methodology

Updates from SARI Watch are published in the UKHSA National Influenza and COVID-19 Surveillance Report on a Thursday during influenza season and contains data up to the previous Sunday.

This metric shows the rate per 100,000 people in the NHS trust catchment population who were admitted to hospital with laboratory-confirmed RSV in the last 7 days. It is calculated by counting the number of RSV-related admissions in the latest 7 days, dividing by the catchment population of the NHS trust and then multiplying by 100,000.

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