Emergency Alcohol-Specific Hospital Readmissions Within 30 Days, Standardized Ratio

Indirectly age and sex standardized ratios of emergency readmissions for alcohol-specific conditions within 30 days of a previous discharge. The data includes 95% confidence intervals and was last updated in September 2017 by the Government Digital Service under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Benchmark hospital performance on alcohol-related care based on standardized readmission ratios.
• Analyze trends in alcohol-specific health outcomes based on the indirect standardization method.
• Model risk factors for emergency readmissions using the confidence intervals provided.

Strengths

• Data is standardized for age and sex, allowing for demographic comparisons.
• Includes 95% confidence intervals for statistical reliability.
• Available in common formats like Excel and CSV for accessibility.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update was in September 2017; data freshness is unverified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national hospital admission records.

Time Range

Specific coverage period is unknown from the input.

Freshness

Current version updated Sep-17; next version due Dec-17.

Geography

Likely covers the United Kingdom, inferred from the eu_open_data platform and government source.