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Prescribing

Population Size

1,431,000

People

Years

1988

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

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Lead time

Not applicable

Summary

Community-dispensed primary care prescription data.

Documentation

Primary care prescriptions for patients in the Tayside and Fife regions in Scotland. The data contains granular information such as drug strength, unit and dose. Tayside 1989 – Current Fife 2009 – onwards. The data is coded using the BNF standard but can also be provided with SNOMED/DM+D codes, or in the OMOP format.

Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Dataset population size
1,431,000

Keywords

medicine, Prescribing, Prescriptions, drugs, Scotland, Tayside, Fife, HIC

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Persons

1,431,000 patients in the dataset

1431000

Prescriptions

12 Nov 2021

Events

246,630,000 records in the dataset

246630000

Count

12 Nov 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Care
Source of data extraction
EPR
Collection source setting
Primary care - Clinic
Patient pathway description
Primary care prescription data limited to Tayside and Fife regions in Scotland only.
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency
Irregular
Version
4.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Distribution release date

01/07/2021

Citation Requirements
NHS Tayside and fife

Coverage

Start date

01/01/1988

Time lag
2-6 months
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Scotland, Tayside Region, Fife
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Unknown

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
CSV, Database

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/governance-service
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access request cost
Quotation available on request
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description

HIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data.

Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis.

Full details are available via the following link:

https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
Jurisdiction
GB-SCT
Data use limitation
General research use
Data use requirements
Disclosure control
Data Controller
Local NHS boards
Data Processor
University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: No collection sources listed