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 |
