Construction of a linked health and social care database resource--lessons on process, content and culture.
Inform Health Soc Care
; 40(3): 229-39, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Combining routinely collected health and social care data on older people is essential to advance both service delivery and research for this client group. Little data is available on how to combine health and social care data; this article provides an overview of a successful data linkage process and discusses potential barriers to executing such projects. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
We successfully obtained and linked data on older people within Dundee from three sources Dundee Social Work Department database (30,000 individuals aged 65 years and over), healthcare data held on NHS Tayside patients by the Health Informatics Centre (400,000 individuals), Dundee, and the Dundee of Medicine for the Elderly rehabilitation database (4300 individuals). Data were linked, anonymized and transferred to a Safe Haven environment to ensuring confidentiality and strict access control. Challenges were faced around workflows, culture and documentation. Exploiting the resultant data set raises further challenges centered on database documentation, understanding the way data were collected, dealing with missing data, data validity and collection at different time periods.CONCLUSION:
Routinely collected health and social care data sets can be linked, but significant process barriers must be overcome to allow successful linkage and integration of data and its full exploitation.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Servicio Social
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Bases de Datos Factuales
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Integración de Sistemas
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Atención a la Salud
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Registros Electrónicos de Salud
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Inform Health Soc Care
Asunto de la revista:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido