sadiekelly
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9 months ago Amend label of existing variable 'Hospitalised' to indicate Inpatient admission only. e.g. (from T0 form) Was the case hospitalized, admitted to a hospital or other health facility as an inpatient? Yes | No No need to capture emergency or outpatient visits.
The description for this variable is currently 'Whether the individual was hospitalised'. It is not clear whether this would include A&E or outpatient visits. To be consistent with WHO T0 form and the EpiCore variable, I think this is meant to capture inpatient admissions only, so consider amending the description to indicate inpatient admissions. Would we want to capture emergency visits if this is indicated? As this would indicate a more severe illness, although if severe would likely be followed by inpatient admission record, unless the patient died during the emergency visit.