Patient Treatment Register (PTR)
The Patient Treatment Register (PTR) is a register of surgical and medical patients on in-patient/day-case and outpatient waiting lists in Ireland. It provides up to date information on wait times for in-patient/day-case treatments and outpatient new appointments.
**Purpose:** To report on the waiting list for both in-patient/day-case and outpatient patients. Provide statistics and trends. Provide basis for treatment commissioned by NTPF.
Data is received from a number of public hospitals. Private hospitals are not included.
**Coverage:** 46 Irish public hospitals report to PTR.
Data Collection: Dec ’07 – Present.
Health Category
Language
Access Rights
- Organization
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
- License
- Creative Commons CCZero
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/PUBLIC |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/MONTHLY |
| Id | 72b0aa00-e091-410e-b2ad-e0b4f3f3792c |
| Identifier | NDC-0110 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 2005-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-zero |
| License Title | Creative Commons CCZero |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-zero |
| Max Typical Age | 85 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:17:20.635433 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:17:20.635436 |
| Min Typical Age | 18 |
| Modified | 2024-03-10 |
| Name | patient-treatment-register-ptr-110 |
| Notes | The Patient Treatment Register (PTR) is a register of surgical and medical patients on in-patient/day-case and outpatient waiting lists in Ireland. It provides up to date information on wait times for in-patient/day-case treatments and outpatient new appointments. **Purpose:** To report on the waiting list for both in-patient/day-case and outpatient patients. Provide statistics and trends. Provide basis for treatment commissioned by NTPF. Data is received from a number of public hospitals. Private hospitals are not included. **Coverage:** 46 Irish public hospitals report to PTR. Data Collection: Dec ’07 – Present. |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 5 |
| Number Of Records | 623600 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 296137 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | When a patient is placed on an in-patient/day-case or outpatient public hospital waiting list their details are submitted by secure encryption by the hospital to the NTPF and placed on the PTR. Both Inpatient and Outpatient data is collected every week. |
| Title | Patient Treatment Register (PTR) |
| Type | dataset |
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