Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 229 days ago
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
SESCD oncology data is recorded and curated by a dedicated team of clinical coders using paper-based patient case notes, electronic patient records, Scottish morbidity registers, and secondary healthcare databases. In addition, there are a number of automatic feeds from various national, regional and bespoke databases and EPRs which are quality checked by the coding team. Clinical expertise is provided by a dedicated team of clinical and research professionals.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Scotland,City of Edinburgh; United Kingdom,Scotland,East Lothian;
United Kingdom,Scotland,Midlothian; United Kingdom,Scotland,West Lothian; United
Kingdom,Scotland,Dumfries and Galloway; United Kingdom,Scotland,Scottish
Borders; United Kingdom,Scotland,Fife
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Continuous
Pathway:
Integrated care record covering the whole cancer patient pathway from initial
diagnosis to death.
Provenance
Origin
Collection Situations:
- Clinic
- Secondary care - Outpatients
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Services
- Prescribing - Community pharmacy
- Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Continuous
Start Date:
01 January 1974
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
Researchers define their cohort and time period and select from a list of
available data variables. Analysts will retrieve the data and make it available
as an Excel file.
Access Request Cost:
Available on request
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
NHS Lothian
Data Processor:
NHS Lothian
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
- Project-specific restrictions
- Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Project-specific restrictions
- Disclosure control
Resource Creators:
NHS Lothian
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- LOCAL
- OPCS4
- ICD10
- ICD10CM
- ICDO3
Languages:
en
Formats:
- application/sql
- text/csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Cancer patients in the South East of Scotland
163788
Count
24 August 2022