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Better Rx BRIT2 Patient GP Dataset

Population Size

512,000

People

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Years

2017 - 2020

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Associated BioSamples

None/not available

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Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

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Lead time

Not applicable

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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

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

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