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NHS Tayside - A&E drugs given during an A&E visit

Description

Accident and Emergency episode level data.

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Technical information

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{
  "summary": {
    "title": "NHS Tayside - A&E drugs given during an A&E visit",
    "abstract": "Accident and Emergency episode level data.",
    "keywords": "Accident and Emergency;,;Tayside;,;NHS;,;HIC;,;Scotland",
    "publisher": {
      "name": "Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee",
      "gatewayId": "5baa31c1-0280-4482-b8b7-a4953869f184"
    },
    "inPipeline": "Not available",
    "shortTitle": "NHS Tayside - A&E drugs given during an A&E visit",
    "datasetType": "Health and disease",
    "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit in Tayside",
    "contactPoint": "hicsupport@dundee.ac.uk",
    "datasetSubType": "Not applicable",
    "populationSize": 92000
  },
  "coverage": {
    "spatial": "United Kingdom,Scotland,Tayside Region",
    "followUp": "Unknown",
    "typicalAgeRange": "0-150"
  },
  "required": {
    "issued": "2024-10-08T11:28:30.226067Z",
    "version": "5.0.0",
    "modified": "2024-10-08T11:28:30.226079Z",
    "gatewayId": "114",
    "revisions": [
      {
        "url": "https://web.prod.hdruk.cloud//dataset/114?version=1.0.0",
        "version": "1.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "gatewayPid": "1907e6fb-b489-490d-a514-d819a50316de"
  },
  "provenance": {
    "origin": {
      "source": "EPR",
      "purpose": "Care",
      "imageContrast": "Not stated",
      "collectionSituation": "Secondary care - Accident and Emergency"
    },
    "temporal": {
      "endDate": "2017-06-27",
      "timeLag": "Not applicable",
      "startDate": "2003-01-01",
      "accrualPeriodicity": "Static",
      "distributionReleaseDate": "2021-09-10"
    }
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "observedNode": "Persons",
      "measuredValue": 92000,
      "observationDate": "2021-09-10",
      "measuredProperty": "Count",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "92,000 patients in the dataset"
    },
    {
      "observedNode": "Events",
      "measuredValue": 166000,
      "observationDate": "2021-11-11",
      "measuredProperty": "Count",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "166,000 records in the dataset"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": {
    "usage": {
      "resourceCreator": {
        "name": "NHS Tayside"
      },
      "dataUseLimitation": "General research use",
      "dataUseRequirement": "Disclosure control"
    },
    "access": {
      "accessRights": "https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/governance-service",
      "jurisdiction": "GB-SCT",
      "accessService": "HIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data.\n\nData is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis.\n\nFull details are available via the following link:\nhttps://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven",
      "dataProcessor": "University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre",
      "dataController": "NHS Tayside",
      "deliveryLeadTime": "Not applicable",
      "accessRequestCost": "Quotation available on request",
      "accessServiceCategory": "TRE/SDE"
    },
    "formatAndStandards": {
      "formats": "CSV;,;Database",
      "languages": "en",
      "vocabularyEncodingSchemes": "LOCAL"
    }
  },
  "structuralMetadata": [
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "AttendanceNumber",
          "dataType": "varchar(15)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents A&E Encounter Number  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "ArrivalDate",
          "dataType": "datetime",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents Date of Arrival  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "DischargeDate",
          "dataType": "datetime",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents Date of Completion dd/mm/yyyy  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Date",
          "dataType": "datetime",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the arrival date."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Dose",
          "dataType": "varchar(250)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the dose of the patient's medication  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Duration",
          "dataType": "varchar(250)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the number of days the medication was supplied for.  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Name",
          "dataType": "varchar(400)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the name of medication prescribed/dispensed eg Paracetamol  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Site",
          "dataType": "varchar(250)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the hospital site."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "PROCHI",
          "dataType": "varchar(10)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Anonymised patient identifier"
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    },
    {
      "name": "Accident and Emergency Drugs (T)",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "NoteText",
          "dataType": "text",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field is a free text field."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit"
    }
  ]
}

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Additional information

  • Documentation
    Documentation
  • Language
    English
  • Geographic Area
    Scotland

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  • Publisher
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
  • Contact
    hicsupport@dundee.ac.uk

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Key Details

  • Formal release or publication date
    10/09/2021
  • Start time period of data covered by this dataset
    01/01/2003
  • End time period of data covered by this dataset
    27/06/2017
  • Documentation
    This dataset provides information on the drugs used during the Accident and Emergency visit in Tayside
  • Geographic Area
    United Kingdom,Scotland,Tayside Region
  • Landing page
  • Language
    English
  • The dataset type
    PHYSICAL
  • Update frequency
    static