Data Dictionary - Danish National Patient Registry

More detailed information about the datasets can be seen here.

Table 1: t_adm (Central table with administrative information)

Variable	Period	Contents
c_adiag	1977 -	Contacts action diagnosis
c_dept	1977 -	The patient's main department
c_amt	1977 -	The patient's place of residence
c_andenbeh	1977 - 1986	Planned second treatment
c_block	1994 -	Specialty block
c_eakt	1987 - 2003	Activity in connection with an accident that leads to hospital contact
c_labor	1987 - 2003	Accident mechanism
c_emodpart	1995 - 2003	Mode of transport for the other party in the event of an accident
c_epart	1995 - 2003	Mode of transport for those injured in traffic accidents/accidents
c_ested	1987 - 2003	Code for accident location
c_around	1987 - 2003	Traffic accident/accident or not
c_hafd	2004 -	Referring department
c_henm	1987 -	Method of referral
c_hsgh	2004 -	Referral hospital
c_inform	1977 - 1986	Form of admission
c_indfra	1977 - 1986	Where the patient is admitted from
c_indm	1977 -	Enrollment method
c_kom	1977 -	The patient's municipality of residence
c_counter	1987 -	Contact reason
c_pattype	1977 -	Patient type
c_senstat	1977 - 1986	Planned later inpatient treatment
c_sex	1977 -	Gender of the patient
c_sgh	1977 -	The patient's primary hospital
c_sgamt	1977 -	Hospital administration
c_spec	1977 -	The stem department's main specialty
c_udm	1987 -	Termination method
c_udtil	1977 - 1986	To which institution the patient has been discharged
c_accident	1977 - 1986	Accident code
d_ebhdto	1999 - 2003	Date of final processing
d_fusdto	1994 - 2003	Date of preliminary investigation
d_hendto	1977 -	Referral date
d_inddto	1977 -	The contact's start date
d_opdatdto	2005 -	Internal date for updating the contact
d_uddto	1977 -	Contact end date
k_recnum	1977 -	Record number
v_alddg	2001 -	Patient's age in days
v_age	1977 -	Age of the patient
v_aldmdr	2001 -	Patient's age in months
in_behdage	1977 -	Treatment days
v_cpr	1977 -	The patient's social security number
v_indminut	1977 -	The contact's start minute
v_indtime	1977 -	The contact's start time
v_sengdage	1994 -	Treatment days/bed days
v_udtime	1994 -	Contact end time

Table 2: t_distkod (contains information about local recording areas, e.g. social districts in large urban municipalities)

Variable	Period	Contents
v_recnum	1995 - 2000	Record number
v_distcode	1995 - 2000	District code

Table 3: t_opdatdto (contains the date of the last update of each hospital contact)

Variable	Period	Contents
v_recnum	2000 - 2004	Record number
d_opdatdto	2000 - 2004	Internal update date

Table 4: t_opr (contains information about operations carried out before 1996)

Variable	Period	Contents
c_nation	1977 -	Marker for contiguous operations
c_oafd	1977 -	Producing department
c_opr	1977 -	Operation code
c_osgh	1977 -	Producing hospital
v_recnum	1977 -	Record number

Table 5: t_sksopr (contains information on all operations carried out after 1 January 1996)

Variable	Period	Contents
c_oafd	1996 -	Producing department
c_opr	1996 -	Operation code
c_oprart	1996 -	Operationsart
c_osgh	1996 -	Producing hospital
c_tilopr	1996 -	Additional code for the operation
d_odto	1996 -	Operation date
v_recnum	1996 -	Record number
v_ominut	1998 -	Minute number for operation start
v_otime	1998 -	Hours for start of operation

Table 6: t_sksube (ontains information on all investigations, non-surgical treatments and administrative matters recorded on each patient contact. Thus, the table includes all classification codes that are not a diagnosis or operation)

Variable	Period	Contents
c_oafd	1999 -	Producing department
c_opr	1999 -	Procedure code
c_oprart	1999 -	Indication of supplementary code
c_osgh	1999 -	Producing hospital
c_tilopr	1999 -	Additional code for procedure
d_odto	1999 -	Procedure given
v_recnum	1999 -	Record number
v_ominut	1999 -	Minutes for procedure
v_otime	1999 -	Hours for procedure

Table 7: t_udtilsgh (contains information on which hospital department the patient was discharged to for those patients who were discharged to another hospital department)

Variable	Period	Contents
c_udtilafd	1977 -	Department to which the patient was discharged
c_udtilsgh	1977 -	Hospital to which the patient has been discharged
v_recnum	1977 -	Record number

Table 8: t_sale (contains information on waiting periods for all contacts who have been in one or more waiting periods)

Variable	Period	Contents
c_vstatus	2004 -	windy state
d_vsldto	2004 -	End date of period with waiting status
d_vstdto	2004 -	Start date of period with waiting status
v_recnum	2004 -	Record number

Table 9: t_bes (contains dates for visits linked to somatic outpatient and part-time contacts)

Variable	Period	Contents
d_ambdto	1994 -	Date of outpatient visit
v_recnum	1994 -	Record number

Table 10: t_diag (contains information on all diagnoses linked to each contact, both the diagnosis codes themselves and the type of diagnoses, as well as any additional codes for each diagnosis)

Variable	Period	Contents
c_diag	1977 -	Diagnostic information
c_diagmod	1977 - 1993	diagnostic modification
c_diagtype	1977 -	Diagnosetype
c_tildiag	1995 -	Additional code for the diagnosis code
v_recnum	1977 -	Record number