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Table 1 Summary of participating hospitals stratified by country

From: Frailty assessment and acute frailty service provision in the UK: results of a national ‘day of care’ survey

Characteristic

Overall, N = 129a

England, N = 114a

Wales, N = 6a

Scotland, N = 5a

Northern Ireland, N = 4a

Inpatient hospital beds

519 (376,709)

537 (365,706)

470 (432, 552)

725 (452, 900)

299 (173,424)

Number of patients admitted per hospital

49 (34,67)

52 (35,68)

36 (31, 39)

49 (29,73)

24 (12,35)

Number of patients over 70 per hospital

24 (16, 31)

24 (17,34)

16 (14, 17)

27 (16, 13)

16 (9,22)

Frailty assessment tool use

80 (62%)

73 (64%)

1 (17%)

5 (100%)

1 (25%)

Bedded AFU

63 (49%)

60 (53%)

0 (0%)

2 (40%)

1 (25%)

ED in reach

62 (48%)

57 (50%)

1 (17%)

3 (60%)

1 (25%)

Frailty service active > 70 h a week

29 (22%)

26 (23%)

0 (0%)

3 (60%)

0 (0%)

  1. aMedian (IQR);n (%)