ArticleFuture healthcare journal2018
Using primary care data for health research in England - an overview.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Preconception indicators and associations with health outcomes reported in UK routine primary care data: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of groin wound surgical site infection incidence after arterial intervention.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- QResearch primary care records linked to national hospital and cancer registry data: a validation study.ESMO real world data and digital oncology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of living alone with dementia and other progressive neurological conditions: findings from primary care data in England.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Defining Mental Health Conditions Within Primary Care Data: A Validation Study With a Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Approach.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Trajectories and management of vascular risk following the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: A population-based matched cohort study between 1987 and 2018 in England.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2024Article
- Exploring the accessibility of primary health care data in Europe's COVID-19 response: developing key indicators for managing future pandemics (Eurodata study).BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Impact of data source choice on multimorbidity measurement: a comparison study of 2.3 million individuals in the Welsh National Health Service.BMC medicine · 2023Article
- Contextual Factors That Impact the Implementation of Patient Portals With a Focus on Older People in Acute Care Hospitals: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2023Article
- Extending the data collection from a clinical trial: The Extended Salford Lung Study research cohort.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2023Review
- Data-Resource Profile: United Kingdom Optimum Patient Care Research Database.Pragmatic and observational research · 2023Article
- Characteristics and general practice resource use of people with comorbid cancer and dementia in England: a retrospective cross-sectional study.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Navigating data governance approvals to use routine health and social care data to evidence the hidden population with severe obesity: a case study from a clinical academic's perspective.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2022Article
- The effect of hormone replacement therapy on the survival of UK women: a retrospective cohort study 1984-2017.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2022Article
- The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Glycemic Monitoring and Other Processes of Care for Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnant women in the UK in 2018: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Use of Primary Care Data in Research and Pharmacovigilance: Eight Scenarios Where Prescription Data are Absent.Drug safety · 2021Review
- Current State of Quantitative Data Available for Examining the Work of Family Physicians in Canada.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2021Article
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Abstract
In contrast to secondary care, where handwritten records remain widespread, electronic patient records have long been a key feature of UK general practice. By 1996, 96% of general practices were computerised and now almost every primary care consultation in the UK is recorded on a computerised clinical system. Consequently, we now have a vast repository of patient health data that spans decades, which could be used to address a range of important research questions. Unfortunately, accessing primary care data for health researchers can be a burdensome, confusing and time-consuming process. Understanding the way in which primary care data are recorded and 'coded' is not intuitive to those unfamiliar with general practice. The requirements of information governance mean that some data, or data presented in particular ways, are not available at all. This review provides a practical overview of the types of data recorded in primary care, the bodies responsible for them and how they can be accessed.
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