: Record Table 1063

Record Table 1063

Title:	HES inpatient core dataset
Access field:	41259 (Records in HES inpatient main dataset)

Table name

hesin

Table group

HES

Debut

Aug 2019

Row count

4,000,000+

Parent table

n/a

Version

Apr 2024

Size

661MB

Stability

Ongoing

Cost Tier

dX o1 s1

42 Columns

#	Column	Type	Notes
1	eid	integer	Encoded participant identifier. This identifier is the same encoded id used in the main dataset.
2	ins_index	integer	Instance index. A numerical index which together with the eid uniquely identifies this record, i.e. eid & ins_index together form a primary key for this table. The ins_index will not generally index records in chronological order, and may contain gaps in the numbering if records were added and then later removed for some reason.
3	dsource	string, coding 1970	Inpatient record origin. Either HES (England), PEDW (Wales) or SMR (Scotland). This can affect the coding used for some data fields.
4	source	integer, coding 263	Inpatient record format. A finer split of the format of data released from each dsource above. This can also affect the coding used for some data fields.
5	epistart	date	Episode start date.
6	epiend	date	Episode end date.
7	epidur	integer	Duration of episode. The difference in days between the episode start date and the episode end date, where both are given.
8	bedyear	integer	Duration of episode within HES data year.
9	epistat	integer, coding 237	Episode status. Whether the episode had finished before the end of the HES data-year. An unfinished episode would be replaced by its finished version when the data is next updated.
10	epitype	integer, coding 238	Episode type. Hospital episode type identifies whether the period of care in hospital was, for example, a general episode, a maternity episode or a psychiatric episode.
11	epiorder	integer, coding 236	Episode order. The position of this episode within a spell (starting at 1).
12	spell_index	integer	Spell index. A numerical index indicating which spell this episode belongs to (where possible). Spells will not generally be indexed in chronological order.
13	spell_seq	integer	Spell sequence. A numerical index, starting from 0, giving the chronological position within its spell that this episode occupies (where possible).
14	spelbgin	integer, coding 234	Beginning of spell indicator. An indicator that this episode is the first in a spell. Only present in English inpatient data (dsource = HES).
15	spelend	string, coding 235	End of spell indicator. An indicator that this episode is the last in a spell. Only present in English inpatient data (dsource = HES).
16	speldur	integer	Duration of spell.
17	pctcode	string, coding 239	Current PCT responsible for patient. The PCT code identifies the administrative body responsible for the patient.
18	gpprpct	string, coding 239	PCT where patients GP was registered. The PCT code identifies the administrative body where the patients GP practice is registered.
19	category	integer, coding 201	Administrative and legal status of patient. Administrative and legal status identifies the type of patient and whether they have been formally detained under the Mental Health Act or not.
20	elecdate	date	Date of decision to admit to hospital. Not available for dsource='PEDW', or for source = 68 (one of the formats for dsource='SMR').
21	elecdur	integer	Waiting time for hospital admission. Not available for dsource='PEDW', or for source = 68 (one of the formats for dsource='SMR').
22	admidate	date	Date of admission to hospital.
23	admimeth_uni	integer, coding 264	Methods of admission to hospital (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the admimeth field.
24	admimeth	integer	Methods of admission to hospital. Method of admission to hospital identifies how a patient was admitted, e.g. an elective admission from a waiting list or an emergency admission, etc.
25	admisorc_uni	integer, coding 265	Sources of admission to hospital (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the admisorc field.
26	admisorc	integer	Sources of admission to hospital. Source of admission identifies whether a patient came to the hospital from their usual place of residence or elsewhere.
27	firstreg	integer, coding 204	First regular day or night of admission to hosp.
28	classpat_uni	integer, coding 266	Patient classification on admission (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the classpat field.
29	classpat	integer	Patient classification on admission. Patient classification on admission identifies the type of patient, e.g. whether they are a regular attender or a maternity admission, etc.
30	intmanag_uni	integer, coding 271	Intended management of patient (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the intmanag field.
31	intmanag	integer	Intended management of patient. The intended management of a patient is their planned duration of hospital stay, i.e. whether an overnight stay was anticipated or not.
32	mainspef_uni	integer, coding 270	Main speciality of consultant (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the mainspef field.
33	mainspef	string	Main speciality of consultant. The main speciality of the consultant is the specialism under which the consultant is contracted e.g. cardiology or geriatric medicine, etc.
34	tretspef_uni	integer, coding 269	Treatment speciality of consultant (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the tretspef field.
35	tretspef	string	Treatment speciality of consultant. The treatment speciality of the consultant is the specialism under which the consultant was working e.g. cardiology or geriatric medicine, etc.
36	operstat	integer, coding 207	Operation status. Whether an operation/procedure was carried out as part of this episode.
37	disdate	date	Date of discharge from hospital.
38	dismeth_uni	integer, coding 268	Method of discharge from hospital (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the dismeth field.
39	dismeth	integer	Method of discharge from hospital. Method of discharge from hospital identifies how a patient was discharged i.e. whether this was on clinical advice, the patient died in hospital or the patient discharged themselves.
40	disdest_uni	integer, coding 267	Destination on discharge from hospital (recoded). A field providing a unified coding across the various sources for the disdest field.
41	disdest	integer	Destination on discharge from hospital. Destination on discharge identifies whether a patient was due to return to their usual place of residence on leaving hospital, or whether they were due to go elsewhere.
42	carersi	integer, coding 227	Carer support indicator. Carer support indicator identifies whether a carer is available to the patient at their usual place of residence.

Column

Type

Notes

eid

integer

Encoded participant identifier. This identifier is the same encoded id used in the main dataset.

ins_index

integer

Instance index. A numerical index which together with the eid uniquely identifies this record, i.e. eid & ins_index together form a primary key for this table. The ins_index will not generally index records in chronological order, and may contain gaps in the numbering if records were added and then later removed for some reason.

dsource

string, coding 1970

Inpatient record origin. Either HES (England), PEDW (Wales) or SMR (Scotland). This can affect the coding used for some data fields.

source

integer, coding 263

Inpatient record format. A finer split of the format of data released from each dsource above. This can also affect the coding used for some data fields.

epistart

date

Episode start date.

epiend

date

Episode end date.

epidur

integer

Duration of episode. The difference in days between the episode start date and the episode end date, where both are given.

bedyear

integer

Duration of episode within HES data year.

epistat

integer, coding 237

Episode status. Whether the episode had finished before the end of the HES data-year. An unfinished episode would be replaced by its finished version when the data is next updated.

epitype

integer, coding 238

Episode type. Hospital episode type identifies whether the period of care in hospital was, for example, a general episode, a maternity episode or a psychiatric episode.

epiorder

integer, coding 236

Episode order. The position of this episode within a spell (starting at 1).

spell_index

integer

Spell index. A numerical index indicating which spell this episode belongs to (where possible). Spells will not generally be indexed in chronological order.

spell_seq

integer

Spell sequence. A numerical index, starting from 0, giving the chronological position within its spell that this episode occupies (where possible).

spelbgin

integer, coding 234

Beginning of spell indicator. An indicator that this episode is the first in a spell. Only present in English inpatient data (dsource = HES).

spelend

string, coding 235

End of spell indicator. An indicator that this episode is the last in a spell. Only present in English inpatient data (dsource = HES).

speldur

integer

Duration of spell.

pctcode

string, coding 239

Current PCT responsible for patient. The PCT code identifies the administrative body responsible for the patient.

gpprpct

string, coding 239

PCT where patients GP was registered. The PCT code identifies the administrative body where the patients GP practice is registered.

Table ID	Table	Title
1065	hesin_critical	HES inpatient critical care
1066	hesin_delivery	HES inpatient delivery
1067	hesin_diag	HES inpatient diagnoses
1068	hesin_maternity	HES inpatient maternity
1069	hesin_oper	HES inpatient operations
1070	hesin_psych	HES inpatient psychiatric

Notes

42 Columns

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