Outpatient Referral (OPRD)
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
Monthly return submitted by Local Health Boards.
A complete referral pathway to secondary care, including all clinical referrals received from General Practitioner, General Dental Practitioners, Community Dental Services, A&E Departments, self referrals, walk-ins or emergency patients accompanied by a GP letter, and Consultant to Consultant Referrals.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
OTHER
Pathway:
Secondary care
Provenance
Origin
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
OUTPATIENTS
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
QUARTERLY
Distribution Release Date:
12 September 2019
Start Date:
04 January 2009
End Date:
01 July 2021
Time Lag:
1-2 MONTHS
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
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:
["NHS Wales’ Informatics Service (NWIS)"]
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
Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations.
3000000
Count
01 September 2021
Origin
Name:
SAIL Databank (Wales)