Dan Neville
Question:119 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients readmitted to hospital within one week of discharge in each health board area in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000. [7266/01]
Vol. 532 No. 3
119 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients readmitted to hospital within one week of discharge in each health board area in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000. [7266/01]
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below.
Table 1
Number of Readmissions to the Same Hospital within One Week by Health Board for 1997 to 2000
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
Eastern Health Board |
5,597 |
4,564 |
6,990 |
6,024 |
South Eastern Health Board |
3,248 |
2,629 |
3,456 |
2,550 |
Southern Health Board |
3,242 |
2,284 |
3,417 |
2,136 |
Mid-Western Health board |
1,695 |
1,303 |
2,021 |
1,507 |
Western Health Board |
2,358 |
1,818 |
2,977 |
2,291 |
Midland Health Board |
1,523 |
1,233 |
1,641 |
1,487 |
North Western Health Board |
1,205 |
1,069 |
1,570 |
1,415 |
North Eastern Health Board |
1,932 |
2,213 |
2,375 |
2,237 |
Total |
20,800 |
17,113 |
24,447 |
19,647 |