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HES field name Coverage grossing factor
Field gross_a
Class System
Length and format 7n
Availability
Description

This field contains a value that compensates for missing or additional HES records.

The number of finished HES records in a predefined group are compared with the number for the same group reported from another source (currently the HES Activity Count). The ratio between the two provides a correction factor that can be applied to HES data.

The default value for this field is 1.0000.

Value

nn.nnnn = Coverage grossing factor

Data cleaning
Not applicable

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