Pilot study linking primary care records to Census, cardiovascular hospitalization and mortality data in Scotland: feasibility, utility and potential

J Public Health (Oxf). 2016 Dec 2;38(4):815-823. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv192.

Authors

Anne Douglas¹, Genevieve Cézard¹, Colin R Simpson¹, Markus F C Steiner², Raj Bhopal¹, Narinder Bansal³, Aziz Sheikh¹, Hester J T Ward⁴, Colin M Fischbacher⁴; SHELS researchers

Affiliations

¹ Edinburgh Migration, Ethnicity and Health Research Group, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
² Department of Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZG, UK.
³ Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK.
⁴ Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland, Edinburgh EH12 9EB, UK.

PMID: 28158483
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv192

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
Censuses*
Feasibility Studies
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Pilot Projects
Primary Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Scotland

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