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Health and Care Experience Survey

Summary

Abstract

The Scottish Health and Care Experience (HACE) Survey is a postal survey which is sent to a random sample of people who are registered with a General Practice in Scotland based on latest information available on an identified census date. The most recent edition of the survey was sent to a random sample of people who were registered with a General Practice in Scotland based on latest information available on the 25 September 2023.

Keywords

Publisher

  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo

    Not available

  • Description
    Not available
  • Contact point
    Not available

Documentation

Description

The Scottish Health and Care Experience survey asks about peoples’ experiences of accessing and using their General Practice and other local healthcare services; receiving care, support and help with everyday living; and caring responsibilities. The survey is run in partnership by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland. Both the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland are involved in the planning and organisation of the survey, as well as analysing and reporting on the survey responses. The survey covers five areas of health and care experience: 1)Your General Practice 2)Treatment or advice from your General Practice 3)Out of hours healthcare 4)Care, support and help with everyday living 5) Caring responsibilities

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom , Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/10/2018
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Irregular
  • Distribution release date
    27/05/2024

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Care
  • Source
    Paper-based
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control, Not for profit use, Project-specific restrictions, Ethics approval required, Publication required
  • Resource creator
    Not available
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Text/csv

Enrichment and linkage

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

Synthetic data

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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

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