Outpatients - Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
- Abstract
- The HES outpatients’ data set contains individual records for all outpatient appointments occurring in England such as the type of attendance i.e. whether it was a first or follow up attendance or the source of referral i.e. whether or not the outpatient appointment was initiated by the consultant responsible for the outpatient attendance or not.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Outpatient appointment information; attendances, speciality, primary diagnosis, main procedures and interventions
- Variables
- http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk[…]eID=1937&categoryID=890
- Keywords
- Outpatients, outpatients appointment, attendances, speciality, primary diagnosis, procedures, interventions, hospital providers
- Identifier Variables
- ICD-10, OPCS-4, NHS trust
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Activity
- Area of Health System
- Secondary care
- Data Available
- Risk behaviours, Socio-economic, Demographic
- Data collecting organization (s)
- Hospital Episode Statistics
- Data Type
- Administrative
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate
- Sample
- All outpatient appointment occurring in England
- Availability
- HES online
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk[…]eID=1937&categoryID=890
- Contact
- enquiries@ic.nhs.uk
- Publications
- Liu JLY, et al. The economic burden of coronary heart disease in the UK. Heart 2002; 88: 597-603