Inpatient and Day-Case Episodes in Hospitals

Asthma outcome: Healthcare Utilization in Secondary Care

Specific Asthma outcome: Inpatient and Day-Case Episodes in Hospitals

Data source: Hospital episode datasets

Dataset availability by country and link for access and meta-data:

• England
  • Hospital Episode Statistics, HSCIC
• Northern Ireland
  • Hospital Inpatient System, Department of Health, Northern Ireland
• Scotland
  • General/Acute Inpatient and Day Case (SMR01) dataset from ISD Scotland
• Wales
  • SAIL - Patient Episode Database for Wales

Granularity: Up to health board level

Data type: Individual level data

Keywords: Healthcare Utilisation Secondary Care

Periodicity: Monthly Annually

Costs: Each dataset costs varying amount to obtain

Coverage by age: Covers all age groups