Glossary

A
Annual contact rate - number of contacts, per 1,000 population, per year
Annual patient rate - number of patients seen per 1,000 population, per year

C
CHD - Coronary Heart Disease. PTI analysis of this condition includes angina.
COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CMR - Continuous Morbidity Recording. GP-only data collection from 1998 to March 2003. Superceded by PTI from April 2003.
CHI - Community Health Index - a measure of the population in Scotland.

D
DN - District nurse

G
GP - General medical practitioner

H
HV - Health visitor

I
ISD - Information Services Division of NHS Scotland

M
Modifier - an indicator that was previously added to a Read code. Due to the PTI dataset review, this is no longer recorded or used in analysis.

P
PN - Practice nurse
PTI - Practice Team Information

R
RCG - Read code grouping

S
SMG - Standard Morbidity Grouping. Superceded by RCGs - Read code Groupings .

Q
QOF - Quality and Outcomes Framework

N
nGMS - new General Medical Services (GMS) contract

S
S&S - Symptoms and signs
SIMD - Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation
Standardisation

T
TIA - Transient ischaemic attack. PTI analysis of Stroke includes TIAs