admission_data: Admission episode data for Northwick Park and Central...

Description Usage Format

Description

A dataset containing data on 807,603 episodes of inpatient care at Northwick Park and Central Middlesex hospitals, for all patients discharged between 2012 and 2016.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 807,603 observations of 30 variables. Each observation corresponds to an episode of care.

PseudoID

Unique ID number of the patient. Original mapping back to hospital number remains behind North West London Hospitals NHS firewall

AgeBand

The age band that the patient was in at time of admission

AdmissionDate

The date of admission for the spell in hospital that this episode of care is part of

CSPAdmissionTime

The time that the patient was admitted

DischargeDate

The date of discharge for the spell in hospital that this episode of care is part of

CSPDischargeTime

The time that the patient was discharged from hospital

PrimaryDiagnosis

The primary diagnosis for this episode as an ICD-10 code

SecondaryDiagnosis1

The first secondary diagnosis for this episode, as an ICD-10 code. Subsequent fields document additional diagnoses, numbered 2 - 9

LSOA

The lower super output area of the patient's home postcode

Postcode.Sector

The postcode of the patient's home, up to sector level

EthnicGroup

The ethnicity of the patient recorded using the NHS data dictionary coding system http://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/data_dictionary/attributes/e/end/ethnic_category_code_de.asp

Sex

The gender of the patient

HRGV4Spell

The spell level HRG4 code

EpisodeNumber

This is the number of the episode within the spell counting consecutively from the first

EpisodeStartDate

The date on which this episode began

EpisodeStartTime

The start time of this episode

EpisodeEndDate

The date on which this episode ended

EpisodeEndTime

The end time of this episode

AdmissionMethodCode

The method of admission coded using the NHS data dictionary coding system http://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/data_dictionary/attributes/a/add/admission_method_de.asp

AdmissionType

Mapping of admission level code to the higher level categories Elective, Emergency, Maternity, Other

CSPLastWard

The ward from which the patient was discharged

TreatmentFunctionCode

The treatment function code for the episode, coded using the NHS data dictionary coding system http://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/data_dictionary/attributes/t/tran/treatment_function_code_de.asp?shownav=1


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