c' G - Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

Q.4(g)
Exclud@: Rivato sick notes (not written a an official form) which the
informant probably had to Wy for,
Q.5. outpatient visits
Include.
Visits made am day patients ●g for psychiatric treatment or for minor operations.
Visits to private hospitals and private clinics.
Visits to dental hospitals; renal units.
Pathology department for outpatient test~.
*
Excgude. Eye clinics at health centres.
Q.5(a) & (b)
,, Check that the three month reference period has been entered and that it is correct
II
Code and rin9 the total number of times
reference period -2 digits - in the Off
the informant attended
use lmx.
in the three month
1If the total number of visits equals 99 or more use code 98, and Specify‘the actual
nwnbrr of visits glvlng detaila of age, sex ●nd SEG.
If the total number of visits cannot be coded use code 99.
II
If the reference months are incorrect only include the number of tiraasrelating to
the correct
quemtlon.
months. lhls may mean recoding QTI.5 main, otherw~se accept the man
If the reference months have not been entered on the dotted lines, at ~. 5 or at
● Gm5 (a) accept the entry at GY15(b) as correct and code the total number of v~s~ts.
@l.s(c)
Ii‘“9*= ‘-” ‘2 ‘191’S”
Use code 99 for no answers.
II
II
People IMY pay privately as outpatients.,for Consultations, tests
MAY inChde MinOr surgery not necessitating an ovarnight stay.
or treatient, whic
Include under private treatment, treatient which was paid for either by the informa
or by someone else eg an anployer, including the Forces, an insurance ccq?any
providing med~cal cover.
Qn.5c(i)
IIApplies if at lsast on- privata casualty or outpatient visit has hen mad-.
IImimg th. n-r -2 digits.