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Abstract

The publication includes details of all births taking place in NHS hospitals (in England) excluding home births and those taking place in independent sector hospitals. This includes a wide range of information such as details of how the baby was born (method of delivery), complications, birth weight and gestation.
This information was historically reported separately from other HES data because it has a number of unique characteristics and issues which do not affect other aspects of the data. More information about these issues can be found in the maternity topic paper on HES online.

Main Topics/Subject Category
For Inpatients and Maternity main topics include: finished consultant episodes, admissions, male admissions, emergency admissions, waiting list, average waiting times, average length of stays, average ages, beddays, day-case rates by diagnoses, main and total procedures and interventions, Healthcare Resource Group (HRG)
Variables
http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk[…]eID=1937&categoryID=192 %% http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk[…]ID=1937&categoryID=1009
Keywords
Inpatient, maternity, finished consultant episodes, admissions, emergency admissions, waiting list, average waiting times, average length of stays, ages, beddays, healthcare resource group
Identifier Variables
SHA
Economic/Subject Categories
Activity
Area of Health System
Secondary care
Data Available
Socio-economic, Demographic
Data collecting organization (s)
Hospital Episode Statistics
Data Type
Administrative
National/Regional
National
Coverage (date of field work)
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Unit of Analysis
Aggregate
Sample

All inpatient admissions in NHS hospitals in England

Availability
HES online
Conditions of Access
Free access
Link
.http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk[…]eID=1937&categoryID=192
Maternity data: http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk[…]ID=1937&categoryID=1009
Contact
enquiries@ic.nhs.uk