Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is the national statistical data warehouse for England of the care provided by NHS hospitals and for NHS hospital patients treated elsewhere. HES is the data source for a wide range of healthcare analysis for the NHS, Government and many other organisations and individuals.
This repository contains the HES lookups in CSV format for integration with your tools of choice.
The complete HES data dictionary can be found at: http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk/Ease/servlet/ContentServer?siteID=1937&categoryID=571
| Variable | Definition |
| elec_clf | Date of decision to admit check flag |
| firstreg | First regular day or night admission |
| admimeth | Method of admission |
| admisorc | Source of admission |
| Variable | Definition |
| classpat | Patient classification |
| intmagig | Intended management |
| mainspef | Main speciality |
| tretspef | Treatment speciality |
| Variable | Definition |
| disdest | Discharge destination |
| dis_cfl | Discharge date check flag |
| dismeth | Method of discharge |
| Variable | Definition |
| epie_cfl | Episode end date check flag |
| epis_cfl | Episode start date check flag |
| epitype | Episode type |
| epistat | Episode status |