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HES Outpatients data for QResearch
Population Size
Not reported
Years
1997 - 2021
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
England
Lead time
Not applicable
Summary
A collection of individual records of outpatient appointments occurring in England only. It includes information on the type of outpatient consultation, appointment dates, the main specialty and treatment specialty.
Documentation
Hospital Episode Statistics Outpatient (HES OP) data are a collection of individual records of outpatient appointments occurring in England. The data includes information on the type of outpatient consultation appointment dates, the main specialty and treatment specialty under which the patient was treated, referral source, waiting times, clinical diagnosis and procedures performed. HES OP data can be used to support health resource utilisation studies, clarify clinical health care pathways and enable variations in the uptake of services to be evaluated, for example by gender and age.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Keywords
Hospital, Critical Care, NCS, National Core Study
Observations
Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Events | Number of patients matched to single HES identifier | 35047612 | Count | 04 Feb 2022 |
Provenance
Purpose of dataset collection
Care
Source of data extraction
EPR
Collection source setting
Secondary care - Outpatients
Patient pathway description
Secondary care
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available
Structural Metadata
Details
Publishing frequency
Quarterly
Version
2.0.0
Modified
08/10/2024
Distribution release date
04/02/2022
Citation Requirements
NHS Digital
Coverage
Start date
01/04/1997
End date
31/03/2021
Time lag
More than 6 months
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, England
Maximum age range
115
Follow-up
1 - 10 Years
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
ICD10, ODS, OPCS4
Format
CSV, Stata, SQL Server Database
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
Remote Desktop to dedicated Windows Server.
Standard Server Spec: 16GB RAM, 4 Logical Xeon Gold Processors, 200 GB HDD
Max available Server Spec: 512GB RAM, 72 Logical Xeon Gold Processors, 2TB HDD. Tesla V100 GPU
Jurisdiction
GB-ENG
Data use limitation
Research-specific restrictions,Research use only
Data use requirements
Ethics approval required,Not for profit use
Data Controller
University of Oxford
Data Processor
University of Oxford