Cross Boundary Flow
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. | |
| HBT | text | 9-digit code for health board of treatment and 6-digit codes for special health boards. | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | January 7, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | September 20, 2018 |
| Created | September 20, 2018 |
| Format | text/csv |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| created | over 6 years ago |
| datastore active | True |
| format | CSV |
| has views | True |
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| last modified | 3 months ago |
| mimetype | text/csv |
| on same domain | True |
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| position | 7 |
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| size | 852.5 KiB |
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