Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 228 days ago
Documentation
Description:
The Hospital Inpatient System (HIS) dataset is made up of data items relating to admitted patient care delivered by NHS hospitals in Northern Ireland, generated by the patient administration systems within each hospital.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Northern Ireland
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Data represents discrete episodes of inpatient stays
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Administrative
Sources:
Other
Collection Situations:
Secondary care - In-patients
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Irregular
Start Date:
01 January 2005
Time Lag:
2-6 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
Remote access can now be granted via an HSCNI tenancy of the UK Secure
e-Research Platform (UK SeRP), the HBS still offer the physical safe setting in
Belfast for local research.
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-NIR
Data Controller:
HSC Health Trusts (Belfast, Northern, South Eastern, Southern and Western)
Data Processor:
HSC Honest Broker Service
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
Research use only
Data Use Requirements:
Project-specific restrictions
Resource Creators:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The authors would like to acknowledge the help provided by the staff of the Honest Broker Service (HBS) within the Business Services Organisation Northern Ireland (BSO). The HBS is funded by the BSO and the Department of Health (DoH). The authors alone are responsible for the interpretation of the data and any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the BSO.'
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
ICD10
Languages:
en
Formats:
- text
- csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Count of discrete episodes of inpatient stays
1
Count
21 May 2021