Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE)

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HIPE is the principal source of national data on discharges from acute hospitals in Ireland. **Purpose:** To maintain a timely accurate national database of hospital discharge activity that meets the needs of the data users (including policymakers, clinical teams and researchers), through the development and support of the data collection and reporting software, training of coders, data quality, audit, reporting, and responding to requests for data. All acute public hospitals participate in HIPE. Private hospitals are not included. **Coverage:** National- all acute public hospitals participate in HIPE. HIPE data collection commenced in 1971 and is ongoing.

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Mental Health Infectious Disease Chronic Disease

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Eng

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Notes HIPE is the principal source of national data on discharges from acute hospitals in Ireland. **Purpose:** To maintain a timely accurate national database of hospital discharge activity that meets the needs of the data users (including policymakers, clinical teams and researchers), through the development and support of the data collection and reporting software, training of coders, data quality, audit, reporting, and responding to requests for data. All acute public hospitals participate in HIPE. Private hospitals are not included. **Coverage:** National- all acute public hospitals participate in HIPE. HIPE data collection commenced in 1971 and is ongoing.
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Number Of Records 719437
Number Of Unique Individuals 73182
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Provenance Information is abstracted from medical charts or records and coded by trained clinical coders in line with national and international coding guidelines before entering into HIPE system (HIPE Portal). HIPE data is exported from acute hospitals to the HPO on a monthly basis with an expectation of a time lag of 30 days post patient discharge.
Title Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE)
Type dataset