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SIMD

Summary

Abstract

Health Informatic Centre Derived dataset covering Health Board and SIMD

Keywords

Publisher

  • Name
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
  • Logo

    Not available

  • Description
    Not available
  • Contact point
    Not available

Documentation

Description

This Dataset is compiled be the Health Informatic Centre to combine a persons data with postal code, healthboard and SIMD Decile and Quintiles

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/2004
  • End date
    31/12/2016
  • Frequency
    Irregular
  • Distribution release date
    18/05/2022

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Administrative
  • Source
    Other
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control
  • Resource creator
    Health Informatics Centre
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

  • Access rights
  • Access service
    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. Data 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. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
  • Jurisdiction
    GB-SCT
  • Data controller
    Local NHS boards
  • Data processor
    University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Database

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Technical information

A JSON file is available with further technical information. This can include details of variables and data classes contained in the dataset.

Preview of JSON file

{
  "summary": {
    "title": "SIMD",
    "abstract": "Health Informatic Centre Derived dataset covering Health Board and SIMD",
    "keywords": "SIMD;,;Postcode;,;Quintile;,;Decile;,;Healthboard;,;HIC;,;SCOTLAND",
    "publisher": {
      "name": "Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee",
      "gatewayId": "5baa31c1-0280-4482-b8b7-a4953869f184"
    },
    "inPipeline": "Not available",
    "shortTitle": "SIMD",
    "datasetType": "Health and disease",
    "description": "This Dataset is compiled be the Health Informatic Centre to combine a persons data with postal code, healthboard and SIMD Decile and Quintiles",
    "contactPoint": "hicsupport@dundee.ac.uk",
    "datasetSubType": "Not applicable",
    "populationSize": -1
  },
  "coverage": {
    "pathway": "Demographic records for Scotland based on postal code",
    "spatial": "United Kingdom,Scotland",
    "followUp": "Unknown",
    "typicalAgeRange": "0-150"
  },
  "required": {
    "issued": "2024-10-08T11:28:32.79769Z",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "modified": "2024-10-08T11:28:32.797719Z",
    "gatewayId": "124",
    "revisions": [
      {
        "url": "https://web.prod.hdruk.cloud//dataset/124?version=1.0.0",
        "version": "1.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "gatewayPid": "0440ce87-cbfe-4019-88eb-def778fc2b1b"
  },
  "provenance": {
    "origin": {
      "source": "Other",
      "purpose": "Administrative",
      "imageContrast": "Not stated",
      "collectionSituation": "Other"
    },
    "temporal": {
      "endDate": "2016-12-31",
      "timeLag": "Not applicable",
      "startDate": "2004-01-01",
      "accrualPeriodicity": "Irregular",
      "distributionReleaseDate": "2022-05-18"
    }
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "observedNode": "Events",
      "measuredValue": 220066,
      "observationDate": "2022-05-18",
      "measuredProperty": "COUNT",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "220,066 events in this dataset"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": {
    "usage": {
      "resourceCreator": {
        "name": "Health Informatics Centre"
      },
      "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": "Local NHS boards",
      "deliveryLeadTime": "2-4 weeks",
      "accessRequestCost": "Quotation available on request",
      "accessServiceCategory": "TRE/SDE"
    },
    "formatAndStandards": {
      "formats": "Database",
      "languages": "en",
      "vocabularyEncodingSchemes": "LOCAL"
    }
  },
  "structuralMetadata": [
    {
      "name": "z_Postcode_HB_SIMD",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Postcode",
          "dataType": "nvarchar(255)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "No Column Description Available"
        }
      ],
      "description": "No table description available"
    },
    {
      "name": "z_Postcode_HB_SIMD",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "SIMD_YEAR",
          "dataType": "int",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "No Column Description Available"
        }
      ],
      "description": "No table description available"
    },
    {
      "name": "z_Postcode_HB_SIMD",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "hb_extract",
          "dataType": "char(1)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This is the alpha and/or numeric Health Board code in which the patient CHI information was extracted from. The Health Board codes are:    D = State Hospital  X = Common Services Agency  H = 01 = Highland  N = 02 = Grampian  T = 03 = Tayside  F = 04 = Fife  S = 05 = Lothian  B = 06 = Borders  V = 07 = Forth Valley  C = 08 = Argyle and Clyde  G = 09 = Greater Glasgow  L = 10 = Lanarkshire  A = 11 - Ayrshire and Arran  Y = 12 = Dumfries and Galloway  R = 13 = Orkney  Z = 14 = Shetland  W = 15 = Western Isles."
        }
      ],
      "description": "No table description available"
    },
    {
      "name": "z_Postcode_HB_SIMD",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "HB_SIMD_5_Overall",
          "dataType": "int",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the Health Board Quintile (SIMD - scottish index of multiple deprivation).  1 = most deprived, 5 = most affluent.  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "No table description available"
    },
    {
      "name": "z_Postcode_HB_SIMD",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "HB_SIMD_5_IncomeDomain",
          "dataType": "int",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the Health Board Quintile (SIMD - scottish index of multiple deprivation).  1 = most deprived, 5 = most affluent.  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "No table description available"
    },
    {
      "name": "z_Postcode_HB_SIMD",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "HB_SIMD_5_EmploymentDomain",
          "dataType": "int",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the Health Board Quintile (SIMD - scottish index of multiple deprivation). 1 = most deprived, 5 = most affluent.  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "No table description available"
    },
    {
      "name": "z_Postcode_HB_SIMD",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "HB_SIMD_5_HealthDomain",
          "dataType": "int",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the Health Board Quintile (SIMD - scottish index of multiple deprivation).  1 = most deprived, 5 = most affluent.  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "No table description available"
    }
  ]
}

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