Data Dictionary: Socialstyrelsen National Patient Register

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Table 1: Specialized outpatient care.

Variable Name	Definition
ALDER	Age at visit
ALDER_S	Age at the end of the year
ANE1	Anesthesia code 1
ANE2	Anesthesia code 2
AR	Year of visit
ATC	ATC code in case of poisoning. Medicines according to FASS. Max 30 codes
ATCO	ATC code for drug delivery. Medicines according to FASS. Max 30 codes
AVBR_AKUT	Interrupted care at the emergency department
BED_AKUT_TIDPUNKT	Time for medical assessment at the emergency department
CIVIL	Marital status of the patient
DIA_ANT	Number of reported diagnoses, may be more than 30
DIAGNOS	Diagnoses according to ICD. Max 30 diagnoses
DISTRIKT	The patient's home district, data from Statistics Sweden
DRG	Diagnosis-related grouping, can assume approx. 550 values
EKOD1	External reason code 1
EKOD2	External reason code 2
EKOD3	External reason code 3
EKOD4	External reason code 4
EKOD5	External reason code 5
EKOD6	External reason code 6
EKOD7	External reason code 7
EKOD	External reason codes 1-5
FLAND	The patient's country of birth
FODAR	The patient's year of birth
FODDAT	The patient's date of birth
FODDATN	The patient's date of birth (text)
HDIA	Stated main diagnosis
IDNR	A unique serial number for each visit to a healthcare facility. Used, among other things, for DRG grouping. Created by the National Board of Health and Welfare
IN_AKUT_TIDPUNKT	Time for the start of outpatient contact at the emergency department
INDATUM	Date of outpatient contact (numerical)
INDATUMA	Date of outpatient contact (text)
KON	Gender of the patient
KONTROLL_DATUM	Refers to the date on which automatic delivery control (LOK) was carried out, which takes place in connection with data providers submitting data. For each care contact, it is possible to see when this was last submitted to the National Board of Health and Welfare. The variable is mainly useful for internal quality controls.
KTYP	Form of outpatient contact
LK	The patient's place of registration, information from Statistics Norway
LKF	The patient's place of registration after checking with Statistics Sweden
LKF_IN	The patient's place of registration according to the informant
LT_IN	Who submitted the data - Private healthcare provider or region
LT_KLIN	Clinic from which the patient was discharged
MDC	Diagnosis-related grouping, can assume approx. 550 values
MVO	Medical practice area visited by the patient
NATION	The patient's country of citizenship
OP	Action codes, max 30 actions
OP_ANT	Number of reported measures, may be more than 30
PSEUDO	Pseudonymized social security number. Created by the National Board of Health and Welfare
PNR	The patient's social security number
PNRQ	Variable showing quality of personal identification number (PNR), created using standard macro checking
PSVARD	Psychiatric form of care
PVARD	Indicates whether the visit was planned or not
RNR	Indicates if the patient does not have a social security number
RTC	An error list that lists registry errors by percentage distribution
SENINV	Last immigration, year-month or year-month-day
SENUTV	Last emigration, year-month or year-month-day
SJUKHUS	Hospital at which the patient visited
SKAPAD	Date when the register was posted
Slutrapporterad	Marks whether a care contact was reported for the last time in accordance with the regulation
UT_AKUT_TIDPUNKT	Time for the end of outpatient contact at the emergency department
VERKS_AKUT	Indicates whether the visit was an emergency visit and the type of emergency operation
VTF_ID	Sequential number, which is the care contact's unique identification as created by the informant

Table 2: Inpatient care.

Variable Name	Definition
ALDER	Age at discharge date
ALDER_S	Age at the end of the year
ANE1	Anesthesia code 1
ANE2	Anesthesia code 2
AR	Discharge year
ATC	ATC code in case of poisoning. Medicines according to FASS. Max 30 codes
ATCO	ATC code for drug delivery. Medicines according to FASS. Max 30 codes
AVTAL	The care allowance is regulated according to the agreement
CIVIL	Marital status of the patient
DIA_ANT	Number of reported diagnoses, may be more than 30
DIAGNOS	Diagnoses according to ICD. Max 30 diagnoses
DISTRIKT	The patient's home district, data from Statistics Sweden
DRG	Diagnosis-related grouping, can assume approx. 550 values
EKOD1	External cause code 1. See ICD code list
EKOD2	External cause code 2. See ICD code list
EKOD3	External cause code 3. See ICD code list
EKOD4	External cause code 4. See ICD code list
EKOD5	External cause code 5. See ICD code list
EKOD	External reason code 1-5
FLAND	The patient's country of birth
FODAR	The patient's year of birth
FODDAT	The patient's date of birth
FODDATN	The patient's date of birth
HDIA	Stated main diagnosis
IDNR	A unique serial number for each vtf. Used, among other things, for DRG grouping. Created by the National Board of Health and Welfare
INDATUM	The date the patient is enrolled. Number of days from the year 1960-01-01 up to and including INDATUM
INDATUMA	The date the patient is enrolled
INSATT	How the patient was enrolled
KON	Gender of the patient
KONTROLL_DATUM	Refers to the date on which automatic delivery control (LOK) was carried out, which takes place in connection with data providers submitting data. For each care contact, it is thus possible to see when this was last submitted to the National Board of Health and Welfare. The variable is mainly useful for internal quality controls
LK	The patient's place of registration information from Statistics Norway
LKF	The patient's place of registration after checking with Statistics Sweden
LKF_IN	The patient's place of registration according to the informant
LT_IN	Who submitted the data - Private healthcare provider or region
LT_KLIN	Clinic from which the patient was discharged
MDC	Care opportunities grouped at chapter level
MVO	Medical practice area from which the patient was discharged
NATION	The patient's country of citizenship
OP	Action codes max. 30 actions
OP_ANT	Number of reported measures, may be more than 30
OPD1	Date when action 1 was performed
OPD10	Date when action 10 was performed
OPD11	Date when action 11 was performed
OPD12	Date when action 12 was performed
OPD13	Date when action 13 was performed
OPD14	Date when action 14 was performed
OPD15	Date when action 15 was performed
OPD16	Date when action 16 was performed
OPD17	Date when action 17 was performed
OPD18	Date when action 18 was performed
OPD19	Date when action 19 was performed
OPD2	Date when action 2 was performed
OPD20	Date when action 20 was performed
OPD21	Date when action 21 was performed
OPD22	Date when action 22 was performed
OPD23	Date when action 23 was performed
OPD24	Date when action 24 was performed
OPD25	Date when action 25 was performed
OPD26	Date when action 26 was performed
OPD27	Date when action 27 was performed
OPD28	Date when action 28 was performed
OPD29	Date when action 29 was performed
OPD3	Date when action 3 was performed
OPD30	Date when action 30 was performed
OPD4	Date when action 4 was performed
OPD5	Date when action 5 was performed
OPD6	Date when action 6 was performed
OPD7	Date when action 7 was performed
OPD8	Date when action 8 was performed
OPD9	Date when action 9 was performed
PSEUDO	Pseudonymized social security number. Created by the National Board of Health and Welfare
PNR	The patient's social security number
PNRQ	Variable that shows the quality of a personal identification number (PNR) according to certain predetermined rules. The variable is created with the help of the standard macro checkpnr.
PSVARD	Psychiatric form of care
PVARD	Indicates whether the visit was planned or not
RNR	Indicated if the patient does not have a social security number
RTC	A list of errors that lists the register's errors after percentage distribution
SENINV	Latest immigration
SENUTV	Latest emigration
SJUKHUS	Hospital from which the patient was discharged
SKAPAD	Date the register was created
SLUT	End date for psychiatric form of care
Slutrapporterad	Indicates whether a care contact has been reported for the last time in accordance with the regulation
START	Start date for psychiatric form of care
UTDATUM	The date the patient is discharged
UTDATUMA	The date the patient is discharged
UTSATT	Discharge method
VTF_ID	Serial number. The unique identification of the care contact created by the data provider.
VTID	Discharge date - admission date, number of days