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Templatemetadataxmlfile HDR Lookups
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Scotland Accident and Emergency
Summary
This dataset is available through the Research Data Access Pathway
Abstract
This dataset includes data items from the national A&E DataMart, the Community Health Index (CHI) database and derived chronic conditions items based on linked hospital admissions data
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Contact point
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Digital object identifier (DOI)Not available
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Publisher
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Identifier
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NamePublic Health Scotland
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Logo
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DescriptionPublic 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.
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Contact point
Documentation
Description
The A&E datamart was established in June 2007 to monitor the compliance of each NHS Board against the 4 hour wait standard. In July 2010 the A&E data mart was extended further to collect items such as diagnosis, several injury fields and an alcohol involved flag, which will be used to identify whether the patient’s alcohol consumption was a factor in the attendance. The collection of the new fields has been driven by a variety of SG policy decisions and interest from a number of organisations. Although there is now the facility to submit these additional fields, completeness and quality of the data is generally poor and further development is needed to improve it. There are two types of data submitted to the A&E datamart: episode and aggregate level data. All hospitals with Emergency Departments submit episode level data containing a detailed record for each patient attendance. Some smaller sites with minor injury units or community hospitals only submit aggregate files containing monthly summary attendance and compliance figures only. This is because they do not have the information systems and support to enable collection of detailed patient based information. Sites that submit episode level data account for around 97% of all attendances at A&E. This linked version of the dataset includes only A&E data submitted at episode level. Additional items are included to enable further analysis: chronic conditions flags, based on historic hospital admissions data; a care home flag derived from the CHI database
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Associated media
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Available resource files can be downloaded below.
File name
Aande Combined SMD Import
Type
.XLSX
File name
Templatemetadataxmlfile HDR Lookups
Type
.XML
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Coverage
Spatial
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Spatial coverage
United Kingdom, Scotland
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Geographic levelsNot available
Temporal
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Start date01/01/2011
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End date31/05/2026
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FrequencyMonthly
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Distribution release date31/05/2026
Provenance
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PurposeCare
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SourceEpr
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Collection situationSecondary care - Accident and Emergency
Access and governance
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Conditions of accessGeneral research use, Project-specific restrictions, Research-specific restrictions
Requesting access to this data
This is a secure dataset that can only be accessed by researchers from approved organisations.
Usage
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Conditions of useDisclosure control, Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use
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Resource creatorNational Services Scotland, Public Health Scotland
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Is referenced byNot available
Access
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Access rights
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Access serviceScottish National Safe Haven / Trusted Research Environment: https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/national-safe-haven-nsh/
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JurisdictionUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Data controllerPublic Health Scotland
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Data processorPublic Service Delivery Scotland
Format and standards
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LanguageEnglish
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FormatText, csv
Enrichment and linkage
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Related datasets
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Linkage opportunityNot available
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Tools
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Synthetic data
Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset.
Data dictionary
Data items from the national A&E DataMart, the Community Health Index (CHI) database and derived chronic conditions items based on linked hospital admissions data, available through the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel data access pathway.
PATIENT_GENDER_CODE
Gender code for the patient
PATIENT_GENDER_DESCRIPTION
Gender description for the patient
MONTH AND YEAR OF BIRTH
The date when a person was born or is officially deemed to have been, as recorded on the...
AGE_IN_YEARS
Age at attendance
ARRIVAL_DATE_TIME
The date and time a person arrives at an A&E reception or is received into the A&E depar...
DISCHARGE_DATE_TIME
The date and time of a patient's discharge from an A&E department.
ARRIVAL_MODE_CODE
The substantive means by which a patient arrived at an A&E department. For example ambul...
ARRIVAL_MODE_DESCRIPTION
The name of the transportation type by which a patient arrives at an A&E department.
ATTENDANCE_CATEGORY_CODE
A record of whether a patient is making a first or follow-up attendance at a particular ...
ATTENDANCE_CATEGORY_DESC
The name of the type of record of whether a patient is making a first or follow-up atten...
| Variable name | Variable description | Data type | |
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| patient_gender_code | Gender code for the patient | ||
| patient_gender_description | Gender description for the patient | ||
| Month and year of birth | The date when a person was born or is officially deemed to have been, as recorded on the... | ||
| AGE_IN_YEARS | Age at attendance | ||
| arrival_date_time | The date and time a person arrives at an A&E reception or is received into the A&E depar... | ||
| discharge_date_time | The date and time of a patient's discharge from an A&E department. | ||
| arrival_mode_code | The substantive means by which a patient arrived at an A&E department. For example ambul... | ||
| arrival_mode_description | The name of the transportation type by which a patient arrives at an A&E department. | ||
| attendance_category_code | A record of whether a patient is making a first or follow-up attendance at a particular ... | ||
| attendance_category_desc | The name of the type of record of whether a patient is making a first or follow-up atten... |