Length of Stay
Length of stay which is split by health board in which the patient was treated.
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Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FinancialYear | text | The financial year in which the continuous inpatient stay (CIS) ended. Financial years start on 1 April and end on 31 March. | |
| HBT | text | 9-digit code for health board of treatment and 6-digit codes for special health boards. The Scotland total is also included. Stays are assigned to health boards of treatment based on information taken from the last episode in the stay. | NHS Board information NHS Special Board information Country labels |
| HBTQF | text | Qualifier for HBT, indicating Scotland totals. | |
| 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 | |
| LengthOfStay | text | The total length of a continuous inpatient stay in hospital. A continuous inpatient stay is an unbroken period of time that a patient spends as an inpatient. However, a patient may change consultant, significant facility, specialty, and/or hospital during a continuous inpatient stay. | |
| NumberOfStays | numeric | The total number of continuous inpatient stays for the associated length of stay category. |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | January 7, 2025 |
| Metadata last updated | September 20, 2018 |
| Created | September 20, 2018 |
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| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
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