Data Dictionary: Care Register for Health Care

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Data content of the register:

• Patients discharged from inpatient care.
• Count of patients in inpatient care in health centres and hospitals on 31 December.
• Day surgeries.
• Specialised outpatient care.
• Basic data in a care notification - Service provider: Code.
• Code extension.
• Service branch.
• Speciality.

Data on the patient/client:

• Personal identity number.
• Municipality of residence.
• Country code for non-Finnish residents.

Data on start of care:

• Referring party.
• Code and code extension of the institution that referred the patient.
• Waiting list entry date and date of admission.
• Type of admission.
• Route of admission.
• Code of the place of discharge (if the person was admitted from another institution).

Data on the treatment received by the patient/client and on the grounds for a client relationship:

• Reason for seeking care.
• Diagnoses.
• External cause.
• Type of accident.
• Need for care on date of admission/discharge/count.
• Procedures and interventions.
• Decision on long-term care (yes/no).
• Patient has an advanced cardiac condition (yes/no).
• Patient is a psychiatric patient (yes/no).
• Number of home days.

Data on discharge from care:

• Date of discharge.
• Further treatment/which services.
• Code and code extension of the institution of further treatment.

Additional data on procedures involving patients with advanced cardiac conditions:

• Type of procedure.
• Class of procedure.
• Functional capacity (NYHA).
• Risk score.
• Complications.
• Level of urgency.

Additional data on psychiatric patients:

• Route of admission to psychiatric inpatient care.
• Length of involuntary care as care days.
• Number of admissions to psychiatric inpatient care.
• GAS at admission and discharge.
• Medication.
• Coercive measures.
• Meetings with relatives or others.