TABLE 3.10: Hipe Report: Total Discharges (excl. Maternity): Principal Diagnosis by Sex and Age Group (N), 2014

Presents the distribution of total Discharges (excl. Maternity) by sex, age group and principal Diagnosis. The principal Diagnosis is the Diagnosis established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning an episode of admitted patient care, an episode of residential care, or an attendance at the health care establishment, as represented by a code (Health Data Standards Committee (2006), National Health Data Dictionary, Version 13, AIHW). Activity in Acute Public Hospitals in Ireland Annual Report, 2014, is a report on in-patient and day patient Discharges from acute public hospitals participating in the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) scheme in 2014. Charging activity is Examined by type of patient and hospital, and by demographic parameters. Certain issues of relevance to the Irish health care system covered in the report relate to the composition of Discharges by medical card and public/private status. Charges are also analysed by diagnoses, procedures, major Diagnostic categories, and Diagnosis related groups. Maternity Discharges are Examined separately from other Discharges. The analysis is presented at the national level. In 2014 HIPE Discharges were coded using ICD-10-AM/Achi/ACS 6th Edition and grouped into AR-DRG Version 6.0. See the complete Activity in Acute Public Hospitals in Ireland Annual Report 2014 at http://www.hpo.ie/latest_hipe_nprs_reports/HIPE_2014/HIPE_Report_2014.pdf