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Scotland Accident and Emergency
Population Size
Not reported
Years
2011
Associated BioSamples
None/not available
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Scotland
Lead time
Variable
Summary
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
Documentation
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
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Keywords
Provenance
Purpose of dataset collection
Care
Collection source setting
Secondary care - Accident and Emergency
Patient pathway description
Secondary care data only
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available
Structural Metadata
Details
Publishing frequency
Monthly
Version
5.0.0
Modified
08/10/2024
Distribution release date
28/07/2024
Citation Requirements
National Services Scotland;,;Public Health Scotland
Coverage
Start date
01/01/2011
Time lag
1-2 months
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Scotland
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Other
Accessibility
Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
NHS SCOTLAND NATIONAL CODES
Format
text, csv
Data Access Request
Dataset pipeline status
Available
Time to dataset access
Variable
Access request cost
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
Scottish 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/
Jurisdiction
GB
Data use limitation
General research use
Data use requirements
Collaboration required,Institution-specific restrictions,Not for profit use
Data Controller
Public Health Scotland
Data Processor
National Services Scotland