Cross Boundary Flow

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Flow between health boards showing number of patients treated in a health board which differs to where they live.

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Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
FinancialYear text The financial year in which the patient was discharged. Financial years start on 1 April and end on 31 March. For example, financial year 2017/2018 covers the period 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018.
HBR text 9-digit code for health board of residence.

NHS Board information

HBT text 9-digit code for health board of treatment and 6-digit codes for special health boards.

NHS Board information NHS Special Board information

Dataset text The data source that is reported from. SMR01 covers non-psychiatric records and SMR04 covers psychiatric records. Total covers both groups.
DatasetQF text Qualifier for Dataset

Qualifier information

DischargeCount numeric This field tells you how many discharges took place for each combination of board of residence and treatment. A discharge represents the end of a hospital episode. Discharges include: deaths; transfers to other specialties, consultants, significant facilities and hospitals; and routine discharges home. Discharges are assigned to financial year according to the date of discharge.
DischargeCountQF text A qualifier to give extra information about the discharge count.

Qualifier information

PatientsCount numeric This field tells you how many patients from each NHS board of residence were treated within their own board, and how many were treated outside their board. A patient is defined as an individual discharged from hospital (including as a transfer out) at least once during the financial year.
PatientCountQF text A qualifier to give extra information about the patient count

Qualifier information

Additional Information

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Data last updated January 30, 2024
Metadata last updated September 20, 2018
Created September 20, 2018
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