The system of unscheduled care in Scotland: variation in the level of emergency inpatient admission by GP Practice
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This paper provides an exploratory and descriptive analysis of patterns of variation in emergency inpatient admission at GP Practice level.

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The system of unscheduled care in Scotland: understanding the sources of emergency inpatient admission
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The paper provides estimates of the relative size of the four main pathways using routinely collected information.

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Working Paper 1 - Trends in rates of emergency inpatient admission among older people in Scotland: a comparative analysis at NHS Board level   [PDF 241KB]

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of trends in emergency admissions and presents these at NHS Board level to show differences and similarities.

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Scottish Patients At Risk of Readmission and Admission  [PDF 443KB].

SPARRA is a risk prediction algorithm that predicts an individual's risk of emergency hospital admission in the next 12 months. The first version of SPARRA was aimed at identifying those patients aged 65 and over at greatest risk of emergency admission. This report describes the background to SPARRA's development, the methodology used and technical details of the algorithm.