Last updated on: 25/04/2023
1. Contact details
Name of data sourceHospital Episodes Statistics
Name under which the data source should be displayed in the inventory (e.g short name if one exists)HES
Name of organisation
1) Department/research groupHarvey Walsh
2) Organisation/affiliationOPEN Health
Administrative Contact
Title Mr
Last name Rolfe
First name Chris
Address line 1The Health Business and Technical Park
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityCheshire
PostcodeWA7 4QX
CountryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Scientific Contact
Title Mrs
Last name Alexander
First name Myriam
Address line 1The Health Business and Technical Park
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityCheshire
PostcodeWA7 4QX
CountryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Alternative Contact
Title Mr
Last name Denholm
First name Nick
Address line 1The Weighbridge
Address line 2Brewery Courtyard
Address line 3
CityMarlow
PostcodeSL7 2FF
CountryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
2. Description/category
Administrative database, e.g. claims database
3.1 Coverage of licensed medicinal products
Licensed Medicinal Product
Comments
Hospital data
3.2 ATC code (5th level)
Yes
3.3 Other product dictionaries
No
3.4 Recording of indication for use
Yes
Is a coding dictionary being used? International Classification of Disease version 10
4. Coverage of events
Event
Dictionary
Dictionary details
Adverse events (for pharmacovigilance databases)
No
Specialist diagnosis
Yes
ICD-10
Discharge diagnosis
Yes
ICD-10
Laboratory values
No
Death
Yes
ICD-10
Procedures
Yes
OPCS
5. Year of establishment
1989
6. Geographical origin of data
EEA/EFTA countries
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
7. Demographical extent of data collection
Nation-wide
8. Age groups
17 years and under [Paediatrics]
preterm newborn infants
term newborn infants (0 to 27 days)
infants and toddlers (28 days to 23 months)
children (2 to 11 years)
adolescents (12 to 17 years)
18 to 45 years
46 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 75 years
76 years and over
9. Size of the source/catchment population
68,176,784
10 a. Total (cumulative) number of persons with actual data
82,299,977
10 b. Number of persons with active data collection in past calendar year
24,006,322
11. Possibility to obtain additional information on the patient
a) Clinical information from treating physician?
No
b) Questionnaire data from the patient?
No
c) Genetic information or samples?
No
12. Possibility of links to other sources of data
Yes :
CPRD, OPCRD, all National Health Service Datasets
13. Written policy governing data access
Yes
14. Committee to evaluate requests for data access
Yes
15. Charge/fee for data access
Yes
Special arrangements for academic purposes:
Yes
16. Selected publications of the last 5 calendar years using data from this data source
ReferenceLink to web-publication
Clin Trials
. 2018 Apr;15(2):197-206. doi: 10.1177/1740774517751381.
Thorn, Joanna C et al. “Validation of the Hospital Episode Statistics Outpatient Dataset in England.” PharmacoEconomics vol. 34,2 (2016): 161-8. doi:10.1007/s40273-015-0326-3
Maddams, J et al. “A person-time analysis of hospital activity among cancer survivors in England.” British journal of cancer vol. 105 Suppl 1,Suppl 1 (2011): S38-45. doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.421
Wright, F Lucy et al. “Vascular disease in women: comparison of diagnoses in hospital episode statistics and general practice records in England.” BMC medical research methodology vol. 12 161. 23 Oct. 2012, doi:10.1186/1471-2288-12-161
Zaccardi, Francesco et al. “Trends in hospital admissions for hypoglycaemia in England: a retrospective, observational study.” The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology vol. 4,8 (2016): 677-685. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30091-2
