Outpatient Database for Wales (OPDW)
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
Attendance information for all NHS Wales hospital outpatient appointments.
The data are collected and coded at each hospital. Administrative information is collected from the central PAS (Patient Administrative System), such as specialty of care, appointment date and attendance status.
This dataset contains all scheduled outpatient appointments, including those where the patient failed to attend.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
1 - 10 YEARS
Pathway:
Single tier of care - Secondary care outpatients
Provenance
Origin
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
OUTPATIENTS
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
MONTHLY
Start Date:
04 January 2004
End Date:
30 June 2023
Time Lag:
2-4 WEEKS
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP).
Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data
within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Access Request Cost:
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number
of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL
needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes,
analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case
technological requirements.
Jurisdictions:
GB
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
GENERAL RESEARCH USE
Resource Creators:
DHCW
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL database table
Enrichment and Linkage
Qualified Relations:
Yes. To any SAIL dataset & reference data.
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
EVENTS
3000000
Count
01 September 2021
Origin
Name:
SAIL Databank (Wales)