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Mental Health Inpatient and Day Case - Scottish Morbidity Record (SMR04)

Population Size

Not reported

Years

1981

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Lead time

Not applicable

Summary

The Mental Health Inpatient and Day Case dataset (SMR04) collects episode level data on patients who are receiving care at psychiatric hospitals at the point of both admission and discharge.

Documentation

The dataset contains a wide variety of information such as patient characteristics, mental health diagnosis, length of stay, destination on discharge, whether they are admitted under Mental Health Legislation and any previous psychiatric care. Patient identifiers such as name, date of birth, Community Health Index number, NHS number, and postcode are included together with a wide variety of geographical measures. This includes the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and Carstairs measures, census output area, NHS Board, Electoral Ward and Parliamentary constituency.
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable

Keywords

Daycases, Psychiatric Inpatients, Mental Health

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Events

Episodes

629541

count

17 Jan 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Care
Source of data extraction
EPR
Collection source setting
Secondary care - In-patients
Patient pathway description
Secondary care data only
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency
Monthly
Version
10.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements
National Services Scotland, Public Health Scotland

Coverage

Start date

01/01/1981

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
Not available
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Jurisdiction
GB
Data use limitation
General research use
Data use requirements
Institution-specific restrictions, Not for profit use
Data Controller
Public Health Scotland
Data Processor
National Services Scotland

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: No collection sources listed