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Hospital Episode Statistics Critical Care
Population Size
Not reported
Years
2007
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
https://www.geonames.org/6269131/england.html
Lead time
Not applicable
Summary
Record-level patient data set of patients admitted for treatment and receiving Critical Care (intensive care or high dependency care) at NHS hospitals in England. A record represents one episode of Critical Care.
Documentation
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is a database containing details of all admissions, A and E attendances and outpatient appointments at NHS hospitals in England. Adult Critical Care (ACC) is a subset of APC data. An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or High Dependency Unit (HDU) ward in a hospital, known as a critical care unit, provides support, monitoring and treatment for critically ill patients requiring constant support and monitoring to maintain function in at least one organ, and often in multiple organs. Medical equipment is used to take the place of patients’ organs during their recovery. Some critical care units are attached to condition-specific treatment units, such as heart, kidney, liver, breathing, circulation or nervous disorders. Others specialise in neonatal care (babies), paediatric care (children) or patients with severe injury or trauma. Initially this data is collected during a patient's time at hospital as part of the Commissioning Data Set (CDS). This is submitted to NHS Digital for processing and is returned to healthcare providers as the Secondary Uses Service (SUS) data set and includes information relating to payment for activity undertaken. It allows hospitals to be paid for the care they deliver. This same data can also be processed and used for non-clinical purposes, such as research and planning health services. Because these uses are not to do with direct patient care, they are called 'secondary uses'. This is the HES data set. HES data covers all NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England, including: private patients treated in NHS hospitals patients resident outside of England care delivered by treatment centres (including those in the independent sector) funded by the NHS Each HES record contains a wide range of information about an individual patient admitted to an NHS hospital, including: clinical information about diagnoses and operations patient information, such as age group, gender and ethnicity administrative information, such as dates and methods of admission and discharge geographical information such as where patients are treated and the area where they live We apply a strict statistical disclosure control in accordance with the NHS Digital protocol, to all published HES data. This suppresses small numbers to stop people identifying themselves and others, to ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained. https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Keywords
Episodes, Hospital, Critical Care, Diagnosis, Emergency, Operations, Critical C
Observations
Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Events | Useable adult critical care records | 286224 | Count | 06 Nov 2021 |
Provenance
Collection source setting
Secondary care - In-patients
Patient pathway description
Secondary Care pathway. This dataset covers critical care periods for inpatient admissions to hospitals in England. It includes information on the treatment and outcome of the critical care period and can be linked to the HES APC dataset to get further information on the admission relating to the critical care period.
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available
Details
Publishing frequency
Monthly
Version
8.0.0
Modified
08/10/2024
Citation Requirements
NHS ENGLAND
Coverage
Start date
04/01/2007
Time lag
1-2 months
Geographic coverage
Maximum age range
120
Follow-up
Other
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
OPCS4, NHS NATIONAL CODES, ICD10, OTHER
Format
CSV, JSON
Data Access Request
Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access request cost
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
Once your DARS application has been approved, data will be made available either by secure file transfer or through the Data Access Environment (DAE).
Secure file transfer:
DAE:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-environment-daeJurisdiction
GB-ENG
Data use requirements
Ethics approval required, Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use, Project-specific restrictions, Time limit on use, User-specific restriction
Data Controller
NHS England (NHSE)
Data Processor
NHS England (NHSE)