How many new out-patients seen in the NHS in each year since 1999 went on to require treatment as an elective in-patient or day case, broke…

The exact information requested is not available centrally. It is not possible to identify from the central records the number of new out-patients who go on to require treatment as an elective in-patient or day case.Table 1 shows the number of new out-patient attendances and the number of elective admissions during each year specified. Some of the patients admitted as an in-patient or a day case will have been admitted without a preceding out-patient attendance.Figures for new out-patient attendances in each year do not necessarily equate to the elective in-patient and day case figures for the same year because, for example, a patient seen as a new out-patient in year ending March 2000 may not become an elective in-patient or day case admission until the year ending March 2001.Table 1NHSScotland: New Out-patient Attendances in Acute Specialties1,2,3,4,5 and Elective In-patients and Day Cases6,7,8 by NHS Board of Residence Years Ending 31 March: 2000-02PNHS Board (Residence) | Financial Years
1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02P
Scotland | New out-patient attendances during year | 915,931 | 895,282 | 861,106
Elective in-patients8 during year | 209,876 | 201,764 | 190,919
Day cases8 during year | 396,952 | 406,093 | 381,529
Argyll and Clyde | New out-patient attendances during year | 75,775 | 74,929 | 55,389
Elective in-patients8 during year | 20,275 | 19,767 | 19,255
Day cases8 during year | 30,164 | 31,200 | 32,720
Ayrshire and Arran | New out-patient attendances during year | 66,600 | 64,027 | 62,367
Elective in-patients8 during year | 15,418 | 15,050 | 14,262
Day cases8 during year | 33,721 | 36,414 | 35,211
Borders | New out-patient attendances during year | 19,093 | 18,650 | 19,629
Elective in-patients8 during year | 4,183 | 3,665 | 3,490