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RAPID (Hospital Stay Level Data)

Summary

Abstract

The Rapid Preliminary Inpatient Data (RAPID) dataset contains the underlying admissions data which is used by System Watch. It enables access to the hospital admissions data submitted in its unprocessed state e.g. it does not contain predictions.

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Publisher

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  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
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    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
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Documentation

Description

The data collection known as 'System Watch' was developed in 2001 to meet the requirements of the System Watch product, which monitors and predicts emergency admissions and bed occupancy in mainland NHS Boards. The data collection is now known as 'RAPID'. The data collected are management information and have very limited validation.

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

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Temporal

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  • Distribution release date
    17/11/2020

Provenance

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Access and governance

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Usage

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Access

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Format and standards

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Enrichment and linkage

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Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data Dictionary

OPERATION_1A_CODE

Main OPCS3/OPCS4 code for the operation/procedure carried out on the individual represen...

DISCHARGE_DATE

The date on which a discharge occurs.

GP_PRACTICE_LOCATION_TYPE

SHORT FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF LOCATION, EG. GPPRA -> GP PRACTICE, HOSP -> HOSPIT...

HOSPITAL_OF_TREATMENT_LOCATION_CODE

THE LOCATION CODE. UNIQUE TO A LOCATION FOR CERTAIN LOCATION TYPES BUT NOT FOR OTHERS (E...

WARD_SIGNIFICANT_FACILITY_DESCRIPTION

The description, i.e. name of the Significant Facility, which is a type of clinical faci...

CIS_LENGTH_OF_STAY

The length of the CIS.

ADMISSION_DATE

The date on which an admission occurs.

HEALTH_BOARD_OF_RESIDENCE_CODE_CURRENT

Current configuration health board code aka cypher. This is a candidate natural key for ...

OPERATION_3B_CODE

Main OPCS3/OPCS4 code for the operation/procedure carried out on the individual represen...

DIAGNOSIS_1_DESCRIPTION

Diagnosis description associated with code specified at aggregated 4-character level rep...

Variable description

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