| HES field name | Strategic health authority area where patient's GP practice was registered | ||||
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| Field | gpprstha | ||||
| Class | Organisation | ||||
| Length and format | 3an | ||||
| Availability | From 1997-98 | ||||
| Description | |||||
| This field gives the stategic health authority (SHA) area in which the patient's GP is registered. | |||||
| Value | |||||
3an = Strategic health authority S = Scotland U = England - Not Otherwise Specified W = Wales X = Foreign (including Isle of Man and Channel Islands) Y = Unknown Z = Northern Ireland |
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