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Covid 19 Accident and Emergency Statistics
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Contains data on episode level new and unscheduled attendances at Emergency Departments and some smaller community hospitals and minor injury units (MIUs).
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Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "treatment_location_code_Desc", "dataType": "nvarchar(255)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the treatment location based on the location code." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "chi_number", "dataType": "varchar(10)", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "record_id", "dataType": "varchar(15)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the accident and emergency record number. this is anonymised on release." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "patient_gender_code", "dataType": "int", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "patient_gender_description", "dataType": "varchar(6)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents Gender and is defined Male or Female." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "patient_date_of_birth", "dataType": "int", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "arrival_date_time", "dataType": "varchar(15)", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "discharge_date_time", "dataType": "varchar(15)", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "arrival_mode_code", "dataType": "varchar(2)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the substantive means by which a patient arrived at an A&E department. 01 Ambulance (road) 02 Ambulance (air) 03 Ambulance + A&E retrieval team 04 Out of hours transport 05 Private transport 06 Public transport 07 Walking 08 Police/prison transport 98 Other 99 Not known." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "arrival_mode_description", "dataType": "varchar(30)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the description for the arrival code: Ambulance (air) Ambulance (road) Ambulance + A&E retrieval team Not known Other Out of hours transport Police/prison transport Private transport Public transport Walking ." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "attendance_category_code", "dataType": "varchar(2)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents a record of whether a patient is making a first or follow-up attendance at a particular A&E department. 01 New 02 Return - planned 03 Return - unplanned 04 Recall." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "attendance_category_desc", "dataType": "varchar(18)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the description to accompany the attendance category code." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "discharge_destination_code", "dataType": "varchar(3)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the immediate destination of the patient on discharge from the A&E department. 00 Death 01 Private Residence 01A Usual place of residence 01B Not usual place of residence e.g. staying with relatives or friends 02 Residential institution 02A Usual place of residence 02B Not usual place of residence 03 Temporary residence 03A Holiday accommodation 03B Student accommodation 03C Legal establishment /prison 03D No fixed abode 03Z Other temporary residence 04 Admission to same NHS healthcare provider / hospital 04A A&E Ward Includes A&E observation ward, A&E short stay ward, etc 04B Assessment unit 04C Medical Ward Includes medical admissions unit, coronary care unit 04D Surgical Ward Includes surgical admissions unit, orthopaedic ward 04Z Other Ward 05 Transfer to same/other hospital 05A Psychiatric hospital 05B Other specialist centre e.g. eye hospital, paediatric hospital 05C Community hospital 05D Transferred to Out of Hours (triaged in A&E) 05E Transferred to Out of Hours (not triaged in A&E) 05F Advised to attend GP/Primary Care 05G A&E 05H NHS24 05Z Other NHS hospital 06 Private healthcare provider 98 Other 99 Other." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "discharge_destination_desc", "dataType": "varchar(93)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the description for the discharge code. This specifies where the patient was discharged to for example: Death, Private Healthcare, Private Residence." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "diagnosis_code_1", "dataType": "varchar(2)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the diagnosis code. This is a numerical field 1 -14 and 99." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "ecds_diagnosis_desc_1", "dataType": "varchar(100)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the diagnostic description." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "treatment_location_code", "dataType": "varchar(5)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the location where treatment was carried out. Each location in Scotland, at which events pertinent to the Scottish Health Service take place, is allocated a location code. The code is a five character code and is maintained jointly by ISD and General Register Office (Scotland). F704H VICTORIA HOSPITAL F805H QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL T101H NINEWELLS HOSPITAL T202H PERTH ROYAL INFIRMARY T205H ST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL T207H ABERFELDY COTTAGE HOSPITAL T208H IRVINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL T209H BLAIRGOWRIE & RATTRAY COTTAGE HOSPITAL T304H ARBROATH INFIRMARY T305H BRECHIN INFIRMARY T316H CRIEFF COMMUNITY HOSPITAL T319H WHITEHILLS HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE CENTRE T320H PITLOCHRY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL T357C LINKS HEALTH CENTRE." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "patient_postcode", "dataType": "varchar(7)", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "referral_source_code", "dataType": "varchar(3)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the source of referral by code." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "referral_source_desc", "dataType": "varchar(76)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field is the descriptive value relating to the referral source code." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "patient_flow_code", "dataType": "int", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the patients’ predominant need for ongoing assessment to determine the next step in their care pathways. NULL NULL 1 Flow 1: Minor Injury & Illness 2 Flow 2: Acute assessment - includes major injuries 3 Flow 3: Medical Admissions 4 Flow 4: Surgical Admissions 5 Flow 5: Out of Hospital Care." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "patient_flow_desc", "dataType": "varchar(50)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field is the descriptive value relating to the patient flow code." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "presenting_complaint", "dataType": "varchar(100)", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents how the patient reported his or her injury to A&E reception on arrival (e.g., CHEST PAIN, wrist injury, LEFT EYE INJURY). It is a free-format text field. chest pain unwell HEAD INJURY ABDO PAIN." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "PROCHI", "dataType": "varchar(10)", "sensitive": false, "description": "Anonymised patient identifier" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "date_time_arrival", "dataType": "datetime", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the date and time of arrival." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "date_time_discharged", "dataType": "datetime", "sensitive": false, "description": "This field represents the data and time of discharge." } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "hic_dataLoadRunID", "dataType": "int", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." }, { "name": "COVID19 - Accident and Emergency", "columns": [ { "name": "hic_validFrom", "dataType": "datetime2", "sensitive": false, "description": "No Column Description Available" } ], "description": "Accident and Emergency Statistics." } ] }
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DocumentationDocumentation
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LanguageEnglish
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Geographic AreaScotland
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PublisherHealth Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
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Contacthicsupport@dundee.ac.uk
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Key Details
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Formal release or publication date19/05/2022
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Start time period of data covered by this dataset01/01/2018
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End time period of data covered by this datasetNo information available
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DocumentationContains data on episode level new and unscheduled attendances at Emergency Departments and some smaller community hospitals and minor injury units (MIUs).
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Geographic AreaUnited Kingdom,Scotland
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LanguageEnglish
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The dataset typePHYSICAL
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Update frequencycontinuous