Overview
Acronym
OPDS
Type of information
Outpatient utilisation data
URL of the data source
Description
Attendance information for all hospital outpatient appointments. The data are collected and coded at each hospital. Administrative information is collected from the central PAS (Patient Administrative System), such as specialty of care, appointment date and attendance status.
This dataset contains all scheduled outpatient appointments, including those where the patient failed to attend.
Governance and legal framework
De-identified data in the SAIL databank www.saildatabank.com
Free keywords
appointments
Topics
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Care utilisation » Consultations
Demographics
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 3
Target Population
General population
Age range
From 0 years
Sex
Both
Dataset
Data Collection Period
From 01 April 2004 - Ongoing
Language(s)
English
Updating Periodicity
Monthly
Personal Identifier
Other
Level of aggregation
Individual
Linkage possible
Yes
Contact
Data Owner(s)
NHS Wales Information Service
Contact name
NHS Wales Information Service
Contact e-mail
r.a.lyons@swansea.ac.uk
Contact info (address)
2, Technium, Kings Rd, Swansea SA1 8PH, United Kingdom
Updated on 05 January 2023