NELA Year 7: Hospital-Level Emergency Laparotomy Audit Data

Hospital-level audit data from the seventh year of the UK's National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA). The data covers cases collected from December 2019 to November 2020 and includes risk-adjusted mortality indicators. It was published by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking hospital performance based on reported audit indicators.
• Analyzing trends in predicted versus observed mortality for emergency surgery.
• Studying data submission patterns and completeness across UK hospitals.

Strengths

• Data collection covers a defined one-year timeframe from December 2019 to November 2020.
• Risk of death is calculated using a specified model combining NELA Risk Model predictions and clinical judgement.
• The dataset distinguishes hospitals submitting fewer than ten cases, providing context for low-volume centers.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last metadata update was in 2026.

Provenance

Source

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership

Collection Method

Audit data collection from UK hospitals.

Time Range

December 2019 to November 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 07:49:13.160268

Geography

United Kingdom