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RSV patient admission rate in a 7 day period

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

Summary

Topic
RSV
Category
healthcare
API name
RSV_healthcare_admissionRateByWeek

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 the total number of people with confirmed RSV admitted to hospital (general admissions plus admissions to ICU and HDU) in the 7 days up to and including the date shown.

Methodology

Updates from SARI Watch are published in the UKHSA National Influenza and COVID-19 Surveillance Report on a Friday (weekly during influenza season and fortnightly in the summer months), 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 7 days up to and including the date shown. It is calculated by counting the number of RSV-related admissions in the 7 days up to and including the date shown, dividing by the catchment population of the NHS trust and then multiplying by 100,000.

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