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Inpatient and Day Case Activity Edit

An inpatient is a patient who stays in hospital for one or more nights and occupies an available staffed bed. An inpatient\u2019s admission can be an emergency, an elective (planned/routine) or a transfer.. A day case is a patient who comes into hospital for a more involved procedure than an outpatient. This may need some recovery time at the hospital, but the patient should be able to go home the same day.

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License UK Open Government Licence v3.0
Category Health and Social Care
Maintainer Public Health Scotland
Date Created 2019-11-05
Date Updated 2025-11-26
Original dataset link https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/inpatient-and-daycase-activity