Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS)#
1. Summary#
| Dataset descriptor | Dataset-specific information |
|---|---|
| Name of dataset in TRE | ECDS |
| Other name | None |
| Temporal coverage | 01/10/2017 onwards |
| TRE temporal coverage | 01/10/2017 onwards |
| Keywords | A&E patients, NHS hospitals |
| Geographical coverage | England |
| Data resolution | A&E attendance |
| Specific restrictions to data use | None |
| Owner | NHS England |
| Short description | Dataset of patients attending Accident and Emergency Departments (including minor injury units and walk-in centres) in England. A record represents one attendance. |
| Frequency of update | Quarterly |
| Key link | https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-sets/emergency-care-data-set-ecds |
| Number of variables | 220 |
| Number of observations | 353157 |
| Participant count | 122028 |
| Date of last extract | 2024-04-26 |
2. Metrics#
The tables below summarise the ECDS dataset in the UK LLC TRE.
Table 1 The number of participants from each LPS that are represented in the ECDS dataset in the UK LLC TRE
(Note: numbers relate to the most recent extract of NHS England data)
| LPS | Participant count |
|---|---|
| ALSPAC | 2314 |
| BCS70 | 2634 |
| BIB | 13855 |
| ELSA | 3761 |
| EPICN | 7801 |
| EXCEED | 4195 |
| FENLAND | 4930 |
| GLAD | 40739 |
| MCS | 9480 |
| NCDS58 | 2892 |
| NEXTSTEP | 2635 |
| NIHRBIO_COPING | 7358 |
| NSHD46 | 1275 |
| TEDS | 3683 |
| TRACKC19 | 5312 |
| TWINSUK | 6074 |
| UKHLS | 3090 |
| TOTAL | 122028 |
3. Helpful syntax#
Below we will include syntax that may be helpful to other researchers in the UK LLC TRE. For longer scripts, we will include a snippet of the code plus a link to Git where you can find the full script.