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General Acute Inpatient and Day Case - Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR01) - Research Data Access Pathway subset

Summary

This dataset is available through the Research Data Access Pathway

Abstract

The General / Acute and Inpatient Day Case dataset (SMR01) collects episode level data on hospital inpatient and day case discharges from acute specialities from hospitals in Scotland.

Keywords

Health Inpatients Patients Day Case Admission Scotland HDRUK Hospital

Publisher

  • Identifier
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board that is uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
  • Contact point

Documentation

Description

The dataset contains patient demographic and episode management data, as well as geographical data.
  • Associated media

    • Available resource files can be downloaded below.

      File name

      2026 04 Smr Crib Sheet Smr01 Final

      Type

      .PDF

      File name

      2026 04 Smr Crib Sheet Smr01 Long Stay Gereatric Final

      Type

      .PDF

  • Is part of
    • Not available

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1981
  • End date
    31/12/2025
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    31/12/2025

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Care
  • Source
    Epr
  • Collection situation
    Secondary care - In-patients

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use, Project-specific restrictions, Research-specific restrictions

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control, Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use
  • Resource creator
    Public Health Scotland
  • 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

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data dictionary

Episode level data on hospital inpatient and day case discharges from acute specialities from hospitals in Scotland. For up-to-date definitions of codes, see the SMR01 crib sheet at https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/24925/2026-04-smr-crib-sheet-smr01-final.pdf For more information on each variable, see the relevant section in the National Data Catalogue SMR Data Manual at https://publichealthscotland.scot/resources-and-tools/health-intelligence-and-data-management/national-data-catalogue/smr-data-manual/definitions-by-smr-record-section/patient-identification-and-demographic-information/

AGE

Age in years

MONTH AND YEAR OF BIRTH

Month and year of birth

SEX

The biological characteristics that define humans as female, male or intersex.

ETHNIC_GROUP

Classifies the person according to their own perceived ethnic group and cultural backgro...

ADMISSION_DATE

Date of admission (ddmmyy)

ADMISSION_TYPE

An inpatient admission is categorised as an emergency, urgent or routine inpatient admis...

ADMISSION_REASON

Admission reason indicates the general reason why a patient is admitted for inpatient or...

ADMISSION_TRANSFER_FROM

Indicates the source of admission, or type of location from which a patient has been adm...

DISCHARGE_DATE

Date of discharge (ddmmyy)

DISCHARGE_TYPE

Discharge type indicates whether a discharge from an inpatient or day case episode is re...

Variable description

Data type
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