Neurological Conditions: estimating the prevalence in Scotland of selected conditions using GP and Hospital Admissions datasets

Annex B: Acronyms and Glossary

CHI (number) Community Health Index A register of all patients in NHS Scotland. The CHI number uniquely identifies a person on the index.

DALY Disability-Adjusted Life Years. A composite measure of ill-health and early death.

GBD Global Burden of Disease A tool to quantify health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors.

GP General Practice or General Practitioner

ICD codes International Classification of Diseases. This coding system allows the systematic recording, analysis, interpretation and comparison of mortality (deaths) and morbidity (illness) data. ICD-10 is the version in use in Scotland.

NACNC National Advisory Committee for Neurological Conditions Provides expert advice on delivery of the national framework: Neurological Care and Support: Framework for Action 2020-2025,

NRS National Records of Scotland

PCI Primary Care Informatics A group of GPs, general practice managers and others with a special interest in health informatics.

PHS Public Health Scotland

Read codes A national standard coding system used in Scottish general practices for recording clinical information (signs, symptoms, diagnoses or activities).

SBoD Scottish Burden of Disease Study A population health surveillance system that provides national-level and local-level data on health conditions

SMR Scottish Morbidity Records Method of collecting healthcare data for individual patients.

SPIRE Scottish Primary Care Information Resource A system that enables PHS to request and obtain authorised information from general practice clinical systems