Origin and disposition of children with probable severe ABI requiring rehabilitation events
| At least one episode in tertiary centre (n=3149) | No contact with tertiary centre (n=1229) | |||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Site of initial presentation* | ||||
| Tertiary centre | 2704 | (85.9) | – | – |
| Other (secondary) hospital | 348 | (11.1) | 991 | (80.6) |
| Mental health services | 2 | (0.1) | 18 | (1.5) |
| Community services | 4 | (0.1) | 12 | (1.0) |
| Primary care | 32 | (1.0) | 38 | (3.1) |
| Other | 59 | (1.9) | 170 | (13.8) |
| Initial discharge destination† | ||||
| Home/usual place of residence | 1383 | (52.3) | 506 | (47.9) |
| Temporary accommodation | 25 | (0.9) | 11 | (1.0) |
| Penal establishment | – | – | 1 | (0.1) |
| NHS hospital | 1180 | (44.7) | 497 | (47.1) |
| Local authority care | 7 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.8) |
| Died | 21 | (0.8) | 13 | (1.2) |
| Non-NHS care | 26 | (1.0) | 20 | (1.9) |
| Final discharge destination‡ | ||||
| Home/usual place of residence | 2613 | (85.2) | 987 | (82.8) |
| Temporary accommodation | 27 | (0.9) | 19 | (1.6) |
| Penal establishment | 1 | (0.03) | 1 | (0.1) |
| NHS hospital | 198 | (6.3) | 110 | (8.6) |
| Local authority care | 10 | (0.3) | 6 | (0.5) |
| Died | 162 | (5.3) | 41 | (3.4) |
| Non-NHS care | 55 | (1.8) | 28 | (2.3) |
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |
| LOS | 47 | (35, 77) | 50 | (36, 84) |
*Data on place of initial admission available for 4378.
† Data on initial discharge available for 3698.
‡ Data on final discharge available for 4258.
ABI, acquired brain injury; LOS, length of stay; NHS, National Health Service.