Table 1 Summary of admissions resulting in hospital stays of at least 2 days
Phase 1 Mar–Jun 2020 | Phase 2 Sep–Dec 2020 | Phase 3 Jan–Apr 2021 | Phase 4 May–Aug 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | HO COVID | All | HO COVID | All | HO COVID | All | HO COVID | |
Admissions, number | 1,001,614 | 19,530 | 1,159,770 | 41,771 | 1,145,645 | 20,055 | 1,349,902 | 5,119 |
Sex female, number (%) | 555,539 (55) | 9,093 (47) | 648,956 (56) | 20,656 (49) | 639,273 (56) | 9,982 (50) | 752,179 (56) | 2,386 (47) |
Age, median years (IQR) | 63 (33–79) | 79 (68–86) | 63 (34–79) | 79 (69–87) | 64 (35–79) | 79 (68–86) | 64 (35–79) | 75 (58–84) |
Charlson score, median (IQR) | 1 (0–2) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (0–2) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (0–2) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–3) |
Emergency admission, number (%) | 821,322 (82) | 17,950 (92) | 911,894 (79) | 38,755 (93) | 923,915 (81) | 18,916 (94) | 1,063,179 (79) | 4,643 (91) |
Had surgery, number (%) | 98,304 (10) | 1,351 (7) | 151,515 (13) | 3,459 (8) | 136,280 (12) | 1,594 (8) | 177,604 (13) | 348 (7) |
Double-vaccinated 14 days before admission, number (%) | 74,030 (6) | 222 (1) | 800,616 (59) | 3,571 (70) | ||||