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Better Rx BRIT2 Patient GP Dataset

Population Size

512,000

People

Years

2017 - 2020

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

Lead time

Not applicable

Summary

BetterRx utilises primary care electronic health records of frail and elderly (65 years+) people in the UK; containing basic patient demographics, medical history, prescription history and linked outcomes (hospitalisations and mortality).

Documentation

BetterRx utilises primary care electronic health records of frail and elderly (65 years+) people in the UK; containing basic patient demographics such as year of birth, sex, ethnicity, BMI and smoking history. The dataset includes medical history to identify known health conditions (e.g. diabetes diagnosis), prescription history to identify all known prescribed medications over time, linked outcomes as defined in the primary care record, hospital episode statistics (HES) and mortality (ONS), linked area deprivation defined using linked practice and patient level index of multiple deprivation (IMD). The temporal start date of GP data varies by practice, two year historic data at the point of sign up.

Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Dataset population size
512000

Keywords

Prescribing, elderly, frail, polypharmacy, multimorbidity, antibiotics, ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS, Primary care

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Persons

Better Rx BRIT2 study population.

512000

Count

01 Jan 2017

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Care
Source of data extraction
EPR
Collection source setting
Primary care - Clinic
Patient pathway description
GP data: Primary electronic health records only
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency
Monthly
Version
1.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements
University of Manchester

Coverage

Start date

01/01/2017

End date

31/12/2020

Time lag
Other
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, England
Minimum age range
65
Maximum age range
110
Follow-up
Unknown

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
READ
Format
text (tab-separated-values), text (csv)

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
In Progress
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access request cost
Still being defined
Access service description
N/A - A researcher accessing the gateway and reading the description of the GP data will not be able to apply/enquire for access.
Jurisdiction
GB-ENG, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, GB-WLS
Data use limitation
Research-specific restrictions,Research use only
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions
Data Controller
Each lead GP for each practice.
Data Processor
Different HDRUK centres across the North.

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Primary care - Clinic