The coded source of admission to a HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL or a NURSING EPISODE when the PATIENT is in a HOSPITAL SITE or a CARE HOME SITE. Code 51 should not be used if the PATIENT arrives at an Accident and Emergency Department and is admitted to the same HOSPITAL PROVIDER.

National Codes:

19	Usual place of residence unless listed below, for example, a private dwelling whether owner occupied or owned by local authority, housing association or other landlord. This includes wardened accommodation but not residential accommodation where health care is provided. It also includes patients with no fixed abode.
29	Temporary place of residence when usually resident elsewhere (e.g. hotels, residential educational establishments)
39	Penal establishment, Court, or police station
49	NHS other hospital provider - high security psychiatric accommodation in an NHS hospital provider (NHS trust)
51	NHS other hospital provider - ward for general patients or the younger physically disabled or A & E department
52	NHS other hospital provider - ward for maternity patients or neonates
53	NHS other hospital provider - ward for patients who are mentally ill or have learning disabilities
54	NHS run care home
65	Local Authority residential accommodation ie where care is provided
66	Local Authority foster care
79	Babies born in or on the way to hospital
85	Non-NHS (other than Local Authority) run care home
87	Non NHS run hospital
88	Non-NHS (other than Local Authority) run Hospice

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	SOURCE OF ADMISSIONS