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HES Data Dictionary
| HES field name | Date of birth - patient | ||||
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| Field | dob | ||||
| Class | Patient | ||||
| Length and format | dd/mm/yyyy (Date) | ||||
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| Description | |||||
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This field contains the patient's date of birth. For most enquiries the field startage (age at start of episode) is used. The Date or birth - patient (dob) field contains sensitive data. Access to it requires the approval of the Security and Confidentiality Advisory Group (SCAG). |
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| Value | |||||
dd/mm/yyyy = Patient's date of birth |
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