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Table 3 Descriptive statistics

From: The influence of home care supply on delayed discharges from hospital in England

Variable

mean

S.D.

Min

25th pc

median

75th pc

max

Delayed Transfers of Care

 Days (Social care)

3017.08

4475.98

0

668.5

1464

3406.5

47,452

 Patients (Social care)

105.51

148.89

0

24

52

126.5

1515

 Days (NHS)

6521.96

7189.13

25

2100.5

3661.5

7538.5

48,844

 Patients (NHS)

226.57

241.82

3

75

130

275

1645

 Days (AHCP)

1426.28

2575.39

0

154

496.5

1485.5

25,759

 Patients (AHCP)

49.61

84.29

0

6

19

54.5

829

Home care supply

 HCLA

2.75

2.96

0.04

0.48

1.46

4.53

16.69

 HC10

1.53

0.50

0.53

1.17

1.43

1.85

3.67

Control variables

 Care home beds

2701

2524

246

1119

1753

3323

12,847

 JSA claimants (%)

2.85

1.62

0.39

1.59

2.54

3.88

8.76

 ASC exp. per pop 16+ (£)

0.318

0.077

0.139

0.255

0.313

0.374

0.623

 Population 65+

62,459

55,516

7962

28,481

38,977

70,607

305,924

 Avg. house price (£)

264,722

203,669

97,165

152,265

210,327

296,036

1,947,723

 PC uptake (%)

24.12

9.55

6.85

17.11

22.51

29.29

68.09

 AA uptake (%)

13.59

2.57

7.63

11.83

13.23

15.15

24.04

 Hip fractures 65+

377.87

338.21

0

165.5

246.5

426

1882

  1. Notes: n = 900, AHCP Awaiting home care package, JSA Job Seeker’s Allowance, ASC exp. per pop 16+ Adult Social Care expenditure per population over 16 years of age, PC Pension Credit, AA Attendance Allowance