The Relationship between the Prevalence of the Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguard Participance and Delayed Transfers of Care in English Local Authorities
Table 2
DTOC days by sector responsible and reason for the delay.
Sector/reason
2012–2017
Mean
SD
DTOC
2852.57
3233.047
DTOC in acute care
1838.08
2244.39
DTOC in nonacute care
1014.49
1194.50
DTOC from NHS services
1778.78
1937.99
DTOC from social care services
871.09
1326.56
DTOC from NHS and SC services
202.70
424.00
Completion of assessment
498.66
655.20
Public funding
121.09
179.90
Waiting for further NHS nonacute care
532.69
704.62
Awaiting residential home placement or availability
312.19
420.79
Awaiting nursing home placement or availability
378.11
535.51
Awaiting care package in own home
445.70
804.06
Awaiting community equipment and adaptations
75.31
111.31
Patient or family choice
362.14
448.72
Disputes
35.01
68.64
Housing patients not covered by NHS and community care
