for health and social care image

The Information Centre logo
HESonline logo

IN THIS SITE...

spacer

HES Data Dictionary

Search Data Dictionary

HES field name First regular day or night admission
Field firstreg
Class Admissons
Length and format 1n
Availability From 2002-03
Description

This field indicates whether the episode falls within a sequence of regular day and night admissions and, if so, whether it is the first or subsequent episode within the sequence.

Value

0 = First in a series

1 = Subsequent to first in a series

8 = Not applicable: this episode of care is neither the first nor any subsequent attendance within a sequence of regular day/night admissions

9 = Not known: this episode is an attendance within a sequence of regular day/night admissions, but the status of this episode within the attendance is not known: a validation error

Data cleaning
None

Back to Search Results


Copyright � 2005-2012, The Health and Social Care Information Centre. All Rights Reserved.