Table 2

Healthcare datasets with which GS:SFHS data will be linked.

DATASET

DESCRIPTION

COVERAGE

DATES

CHI dataset

NHS number (unique personal identifier) (Includes DOB/death)

Scotland wide, currently 5.6M people

1980-present

ISD SMR1 record

All hospital admissions – ICD9/10 coded

Scotland wide, currently 750k p.a.

1980-present

MEMO- Rx

Regional prescribing of all pharmacies

Tayside wide

1993-present

Mobile Eye Screening

Mobile digital retinal photographic unit

All GPs; total 33,000.

1991-present

Tayside Biochemistry

All biochemical investigations

Tayside wide, 25M data items

1993-present

Retinal Laser Clinic

Regional laser clinic

Tayside

1998-present

DARTS Validation

All diabetes patients

Tayside wide-all 78 GP Practices

1994-present

Cardiac outcomes

Coronary Care Unit admissions, echocardiography, Exercise Tolerant Tests, etc.

Tayside

1997-present

Walker Database

Tayside birth records from 1952–66

Tayside, 50k births; 73 data items

1952–1966

ISD SMR 2, 6, 10,11

Maternity, cancer, neonatal, child health records

Tayside

1980-present

GPASS data

Primary care clinical and prescribing data

Being rolled out to 65 GP practices

ongoing

HEARTS

All cardiac admissions

Tayside wide

1996-present

Endoscopy

All clinic data

Tayside

1990-present

Stroke

All Tayside strokes

Tayside

1993-present

Asthma

A cohort of 4,500 asthma patients

Tayside

1990-present

Note. Although some of these are currently only available in the Tayside region, it is intended that the capacity will be exported across the rest of Scotland as part of this study.

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