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HDRUK Acute Admissions, regional data specification. Patient records for all acute emergency admissions for adults (18 years + on day of admission) that had an admission date within the specified study period. Data delivery on demand. Please contact South West SDE for date ranges and extensions to geography.

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patient_id

HDRUK Acute Admissions - Regional Data Specification

NHS Digital ODS code defining the organisation providing treatment.

procodet

NHS Digital ODS code defining the site on which the patient was treated within an organisation. Contains the first 3 digits of the provider code of treatment (procodet) with the last two digits being the site identifier.

sitetret

Deprivation measure that covers both England and Scotland. To be derived from patient postcode

townsend_score_decile

gender

The ethnicity of the patient, as specified by the patient. Groups as defined in the 2001 census.

ethnos

Identifies how the patient was admitted to hospital

admimeth

Identifies where the patient was immediately prior to admission

admisorc

The date the patient was admitted to hospital at the start of a hospital spell.

admidate

The time the patient was admitted to hospital at the start of a hospital spell. hh:mm:ss format

admitime

The time spent ready for discharge (in days)

disreadydays

Identifies where the patient was due to go on leaving hospital

disdest

Indicates the circumstances under which a patient left hospital

dismeth

The length of stay of the patient admission. Calculated as the time between a patient's spell start date and spell end date.

length_of_stay

The order of the episode within the current hospital provider spell. 1 indicates the first episode in the hospital provider spell, 2 the second, etc.

epiorder

A unique identifier for each Hospital Provider Spell for a Health Care Provider

spellnum

admiage

The primary diagnosis code recorded for the episode. The classification system in use is ICD-10.

diag_01

The secondary diagnosis codes recorded for the episode. The classification system in use is ICD-10.

diag_NN

The main operative procedure code recorded for the episode. The classification system in use is OPCS-4.

opertn_01

The date the primary operative procedure took place.

opdate_01

opertn_NN

opdate_NN

AccommodationStatus_SnomedCt

Site code for each Type 1 Emergency Department at the Trust. To be derived from Organisation Site Identifier of Treatment and to include the first 3 digits of the provider code of treatment (procodet)

edsitecode

eddepttype

Transport mode by which the patient arrived at the Emergency Department.

edarrivalmode

The category of emergency care attendance

edattendcat

The source of an Emergency Care Attendance

edattendsource

edarrivaldatetime

The time that the patient spent waiting to be seen in ED

edwaittime
edarrivaldatetime

activage

Acuity of patient’s condition at time of initial assessment.

edacuity

Chief complaint as assessed by the care professional first assessing the patient.

edcheifcomplaint

Comorbidities identified for the patient.

edcomorb_NN

Diagnosis codes recorded for the attendance

eddiag_NNEmergencyCareDiagnosis_SnomedCt

Sequence number associated with the diagnosis, giving the position it was recorded by the clinician

edentryseq_NNCodedClinicalEntrySequenceNumber

Level of certainty of a patient diagnosis.

eddiagqual_NNEmergencyCareDiagnosisQualifier_SnomedCt

Clinical investigations performed while a patient is under the care of an Emergency Department.

edinvest_NN

Treatments performed while the person is under the care of the emergency department.

edtreat_NN

The time a patient spent in ED (in minutes)

timeined
edarrivaldatetime

Intended destination of patient following discharge from the emergency department.

edattenddispatch

Status of the patient on discharge from an Emergency Care Department.

disstatus

Inpatient service to which the patient was referred for admission or opinion by treating clinician.

edrefservice

accommodationstatus

edchiefcomplaint

edcomorb_01
to
edcomorb_10

eddiag_01
to
eddiag_10

edentryseq_01
to
edentryseq_10

eddiagqual_01
to
eddiagqual_10

edinvest_01
to
edinvest_12

edtreat_01
to
edtreat_12

Exploring variation in acute hospital admissions. Developing criteria to define an avoidable admission.

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