Page last updated: 27-MAY-2008

Inpatient, Day Case and Outpatient Activity

Data Sources

The data within these pages has been taken from several national returns, these include;

  • The Scottish Morbidity Record 00  (Outpatients - SMR00):- this relates to all outpatient activity (new and follow-up) in specialties other than Accident & Emergency (A&E), and Genito-Urinary Medicine. An outpatient is a patient who attends a consultant or other medical clinic or has arranged a meeting with a consultant or a senior member of his team out with a clinic session. Outpatients are categorised as new outpatients or follow-up (return) outpatients.


  • The Scottish Morbidity Record 01  (General/Acute Inpatient and Day Case - SMR01):- this relates to all inpatient and day case discharge summaries from non-obstetric, non-psychiatric specialties in general acute NHS hospitals in Scotland. SMR01 is an episode-based patient record relating to all inpatient and day case discharges. Data collected include patient identifiable and demographic details, episode management details and general clinical information.


  • The Scottish Record Linkage system :- The SMR01 linked data set is maintained by ISD Scotland. The database includes linked SMR1 (General/Acute Inpatient and Day Case), SMR6 (Cancer Registrations), SMR4 (Mental Health) and Registrar General's death records. Probability matching methods have been used to link together individual hospital records for each patient, thereby creating "linked" patient histories.


  • Hospital Activity Statistics ISD(S)1:- The ISD(S)1 scheme provides routine quarterly aggregate information for monitoring activity in hospitals, and activity carried out in health centres and clinics in NHSScotland. Information collected (on monthly returns) relates to hospital beds, inpatients, outpatients, day cases, day patients, haemodialysis patients, ward attendees, patients see by AHP's (Allied Health Professionals) and other technical department staff and cancellations.

 


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