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Population Size

1,431,000

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

1988

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

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Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-4 weeks

Lead time statistic card

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

1431000

Keywords

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

2-4 weeks

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: Primary care - Clinic

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