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HES Data Dictionary
| HES field name | Status of patient included in psychiatric census | ||||
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| Field | censtat | ||||
| Class | Psychiatric | ||||
| Length and format | 1n | ||||
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| Description | |||||
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This field contains a code which defines the legal status of the patient. It is derived from legal status (leglstat) and the length of stay recorded for the current spell. |
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| Value | |||||
1 = Detained patient 2 = Long term patient 3 = Detained and long term patient null = Not applicable (1990-91 to 1995-96) |
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