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DH-Data is produced by the UK Department of Health (DH)
Library and Information Services.
The database reflects the business of the Department of Health
and its Agencies and includes all DH publications including
circulars and press releases. Core subjects include health
services management and administration, with an emphasis on
the British National Health Service, including policy,
planning and finance; design, construction and maintenance of
health service buildings; medical equipment and supplies;
medicines safety; public health, nursing and primary care;
mental health; environmental health; social policy; and social
services for families, people with disabilities and older
people.
Use DH-Data to find references on topics such as:
- the commissioning and delivery of health care
- caring for elderly people in residential homes
- standards for the design and construction of hospital
buildings
- published toxicity studies on specific chemicals
- latest medical device alerts
Sources
Articles are indexed from over 300 English-language journals,
together with books, reports, pamphlets, administrative
circulars and other official publications. An important feature
of the database is the inclusion of full bibliographic details,
including sources of supply and URLs (where available) of
Department of Health publications. Approximately one third of
documents have abstracts.
Department of Health Library sample document - publication
AN - Accession number & update:
0000283070 20040504.
TI - Title:
Building a safer NHS for patients; improving medication
safety.
SO - Source:
Publisher: Department of Health, (London), 2004, 173p.
AU - Author(s):
Smith-Jim.
CA - Corporate author(s):
Department of Health;
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer.
AB - Abstract:
This report explores the causes and frequency of medication
errors, highlights drugs and clinical settings that carry
particular risks, and identifies models of good practice to
reduce risks. The NHS is already rich in examples of good
practice, and report draws on these, together with
experience in North america and elsewhere, to describe a
wide range of measures that will drive down the risk of
medication errors. It contains good practice recommendations
in areas which are known to be error prone. These are
intended to help NHS organisations and professionals examine
current practice to make medication safer for patients.
Cites 67 references. (Book abstract).
DE - Descriptors:
PATIENT-SAFETY; MEDICAL-TREATMENT; SAFETY-MEASURES; ERRORS;
DRUGS; INTERNATIONAL-COMPARISONS; GOOD-PRACTICES;
CASE-STUDIES; NHS; YYH.
LG - Language:
English.
PT - Publication type:
FOLIO.
CP - Place of publication:
London.
AV - Availability:
Available from DH Publications Orderline, PO Box 777, London
SE1 6XH,
Free
Available on the DH website at
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/07/15/07/04071507.pdf
(Most recently checked 28/4/2004).
NT - Notes:
Gateway ref: 1459
References p. 152-155
Author: Dr Jim Smith
Enclosed with PL CPhO/2004/1
34880 1p 1k Jan 04 (MWL)
This document can also be made available on request in
Braille, on audio-cassette tape, on disk and in large print
DH Publications Orderline: Tel 0870 1555 455
Alessandro Pretto Rm 166 RH Tel: 020 7210 5751
20040331
Classmark: HML BP : HNP.
YR - Publication year:
2004.
DT - Publication date:
20040000.
ED - Entry date:
20040331.
Department of Health Library sample document - journal article
AN - Accession number & update:
0000283999 20040420.
TI - Title:
How are primary care organistaions using financial incentives
to influence prescribing?
SO - Source:
Journal of Public Health, Mar 2004, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 48-51,
ISSN: 0957-4832.
AU - Author(s):
Ashworth-Mark, Lea-Robert, Gray-Heather, Rowlands-Gill,
Gravelle-Hugh.
AB - Abstract:
Primary care organisations (PCOs) in England are required to
run a prescribing incentive scheme. The average payment
received by general practitioners (GPs) under these schemes
is not known. The authors conducted a longitudinal (two year)
questionaire study of all PCOs in London and the south east
of England aiming to explore the relationship between the
financial incentives, the selection of prescribing indicators
and success at remaining within budget. In the second year,
the average reward per GP amounted to 1,220 (range 470-
4,330). Underspent PCOs made larger incentive scheme payments
to their practices as did PCOs that had successfully
overturned a first year overspend into a second year
underspend. The size of rewards was unrelated to the
selection of any particular cost- or quality-based
prescribing indicator. The authors conclude that larger
prescribing incentive scheme payments may have contributed
to prescribing cost control but their effect on prescribing
quality is uncertain. Cites 10 references. (Journal abstract).
DE - Descriptors:
PRESCRIBING; FINANCIAL-INCENTIVES; PRIMARY-CARE-ORGANISATIONS;
INDICATORS; CHANGE; YYH.
LG - Language:
English.
PT - Publication type:
ARTICLE.
CP - Place of publication:
Oxford.
NT - Notes:
20040414
Classmark: XX(283999.1).
YR - Publication year:
2004.
DT - Publication date:
20040300.
ED - Entry date:
20040414.
Label/Description Example
AN Accession number 1_: 209213.AN.
& update 2_: 20050114.AN.
- see also LIMIT options -
TI Title 3_: PRIMARY ADJ CARE.TI.
CF Conference information 4_: RHEUMATIC ADJ FEVER.CF.
SO Source* 5_: TECHNICAL WITH 923.SO.
or Source name starting NHS... 6_: SO=NHS$
or VOLUME ISSUE PAGE or ISSN 7_: ISSN=1234-5678
- see DT for publication date -
AU Author(s)* 8_: SMITH-P$.AU.
or 9_: SMITH-PAUL.AU.
CA Corporate author(s) 10_: SCOTTISH WITH CONSUMER
WITH COUNCIL.CA.
AB Abstract 11_: NORTHERN ADJ GENERAL
WITH SHEFFIELD.AB.
DE Descriptors* 12_: PRIMARY-CARE.DE.
or 13_: PRIMARY ADJ CARE.DE.
LG Language* 14_: FRENCH.LG.
or 15_: LG=FR
For a list use 16_: ..ROOT LG=
PT Publication type* 17_: PAMPHLET.PT.
or 18_: PT=PAMPHLET
For a list use 19_: ..ROOT PT=
CP Place of publication 20_: NEW ADJ YORK.CP.
AV Availability 21_: DH ADJ PUBLICATIONS.AV.
NT Notes 22_: GATEWAY ADJ REF.NT.
YR Publication year 23_: 2005.YR.
DT Publication date 24_: 20050126.DT.
or for a date 25_: DATE=20050126
26_: DT=20050126
or for a month 27_: MONTH=200501
or for a year 28_: YEAR=2004
29_: YR=2004
ED Entry date 30_: 20050130.ED.
* The ROOT command is especially useful in these paragraphs to
establish, for example, how a descriptor appears in the database.
Initial search to select records 1_: ORGANOPHOSPHORUS
DATE Publication date YYYYMMDD 2_: ..L 1 DATE>20040726
MONTH Publication month YYYYMM 3_: ..L 1 MONTH>200410
YEAR Publication year YYYY 4_: ..L 1 YEAR=2003
ED Entry date YYYYMMDD 5_: ..L 1 ED>20050621
UDATE Update date YYYYMMDD 6_: ..L 1 UDATE>20030414
UMONTH Update month YYYYMM 7_: ..L 1 UMONTH WL
200402,200405
.
By paragraph, for example show title and source for the first
ten records of search number 1:
1_: ..PRINT 1 TI, SO 1-10
By using a named format:
SHORT AN TI CF SO AU CA YR DT
MEDIUM AN TI CF SO AU CA AB YR DT
LONG AN TI CF SO AU CA AB DE YR DT
ALL AN TI CF SO AU CA AB DE LG PT CP AV NT YR DT ED
FREE AN TI DE LG PT CP AV NT YR DT ED
For example:
2_: ..P MEDIUM 1,2-4
.
DH-Data Thesaurus Terms:
The DE paragraph contains descriptors from the DH-Data
Thesaurus. These terms are also available in their own
DataStar database - DVOC. In-depth descriptions of how to
use the thesaurus functionality in DHSS are given in the
appendices at the end of the online guide (after the
descriptions of the individual paragraphs).
Note that there are a few descriptors which are not in the
thesaurus. If you try to use thesaurus or ranking functionality
on these terms, you will receive an error message.
..RANK and ..MAP:
This functionality is available in the AU, DE, PT and PY
paragraphs.
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BASE database.
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