Length of stay Special Care, High dependency, Intensive Care days by admission from home vs hospital for the five most common reasons for admission
| Total, n=79 513 | ||||||||||
| Jaundice, n=8032 | Respiratory, n=31 722 | Hypoglycaemia, n=13 136 | Asphyxia, n=3321 | Infection, n=23 302 | ||||||
| Admission source | Hospital n=6950 | Home n=1082 | Hospital n=30,961 | Home n=753 | Hospital n=12,925 | Home n=208 | Hospital n=3236 | Home n=84 | Hospital n=22,750 | Home n=547 |
| Length of stay (days) | ||||||||||
| Median (IQ range) | 5 (3–8) | 4 (3–6) | 5 (2–8) | 4 (2–8) | 4 (3–8) | 5 (3–8) | 6 (3–12) | 6 (2–13) | 6 (4–8) | 6 (3–8) |
| SC days | ||||||||||
| Number of babies (column %)Median (IQ range) | 6920 (99.6) 3 (2-5) | 1082 (100) 3 (2-4) | 29,931 (96.7) 3 (2-6) | 719 (95.5) 3 (2-6) | 12,892 (99.7) 3 (2-6) | 207 (99.5) 4 (3-8) | 2938 (90.8) 4 (2-7) | 76 (90.5) 4 (2-7) | 22,632 (99.5) 3 (2-5) | 534 (97.6) 4 (3-6) |
| HDC Days | ||||||||||
| Number of babies (column %)Median(IQ range) | 362 (4.5) 2 (1-3) | 33 (3.0) 2 (1-3) | 2684 (8.7) 2 (1-4) | 58 (7.7) 2 (1-3) | 644 (5.0) 1 (1-3) | 19 (9.1) 2 (1-5) | 742 (22.9) 2 (1-4) | 13 (15.5) 3 (2-5) | 667 (2.9) 1 (1-3) | 34 (6.2) 1 (1-4) |
| IC Days | ||||||||||
| Number of babies, (column %) | 263 (3.3) | 28 (2.7) | 10,254 (33.1) | 200 (26.6) | 365 (2.8) | 7 (3.4) | 1736 (53.6) | 41 (48.8) | 946 (4.2) | 35 (6.4) |
| Median(IQ range) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-2) | 2 (1-4) | 3 (2-5) | 2 (1-3) | 1 (1-4) | 4 (2-6) | 4 (2-7) | 2 (1-3) | 2 (2-4) |
Column percentages do not add up to 100% as babies can be cared for in more than one level of care during their neonatal admission
HDC, high dependency care; IC, intensive care; SC, special care.