Creating a Real-World Linked Research Platform for Analyzing the Urgent and Emergency Care System.

Suzanne M Mason Tony Stone Richard M JacquesJennifer LewisRebecca M SimpsonMaxine KuczawskiMatthew Franklin

Published in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2022)

This article describes the development of a system-level data platform for research using routine patient-level data from the urgent and emergency care system in 1 region of the United Kingdom.The article describes how the data were acquired, cleaned, and linked and the challenges faced when undertaking analysis with the data.The data set has been used to understand patient use of the system, journeys once in the system, and outcomes following its use, for example, patterns of frequent use within urgent care and accuracy of referral decisions within the system.

Keyphrases

healthcare
electronic health record
big data
palliative care
emergency department
public health
primary care
case report
high throughput
clinical practice