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HES Data Dictionary
| HES field name | Patient's strategic health authority of residence | ||||
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| Field | resstha | ||||
| Class | Geographical | ||||
| Length and format | 3an | ||||
| Availability | From 1996-97 | ||||
| Description | |||||
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This derived field contains the code for the strategic health authority (SHA) in which the patient lived immediately before admission. It is derived from the patient's postcode in the field homeadd. |
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3an = Strategic health authority of residence Y = Not known |
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