| Study Title |
A27 Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) Summary Sheet |
| Data Owner |
Health Service Executive (www.hse.ie) and the Department of Health |
| Description |
The Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) is a health information system designed to collect demographic, clinical and administrative data on discharges and deaths from acute public hospitals nationally. HIPE is the only source of morbidity data available for acute public hospital services in Ireland. |
| Primary Function |
Collection of in-patient and day-case hospital activity from all acute public hospitals in Ireland. |
| Key Variables |
ID Other; Sex; Age Other; Geog Other; Marital Status |
| Themes |
Health |
| Unit Of Observation |
Each individual in-patient or day-case discharge (including deaths). |
| Start Date |
1971, with coverage improving through the 1990s. |
| Frequency |
Continuous |
| Target Population |
Each individual in-patient or day-case discharge (including deaths). |
| Format |
For full details of variables collected for each HIPE discharge, see HIPE data dictionary at: www.esri.ie/health_information/hipe/hipe_data_dictionary |
| Method |
Computerised. W-HIPE software is developed and supported by the Health Research and Information Division (HRID) at the ESRI
and is used in each participating hospital. |
| Most Recent Publication |
2011. See:
- ESRI (2011) Activity in Acute Public Hospitals in Ireland, 2010 Annual Report. Available at: www.esri.ie/health_information/
latest_hipe_nprs_reports/
- Other Annual Reports available at same website. |
| Access Further Information |
Economic and Social Research Institute (www.esri.ie) |
| Notes |
About 1.4 million discharges collected annually. Coverage by HIPE at over 98% for recent years.
Discharges are coded using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM); Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI); Australian Coding Standards (ACS); 6th Edition and Irish Coding Standards (ICS).
ICD-10-AM is based on the WHO – ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision. |