Real-world evidence from the first online healthcare analytics platform-Livingstone. Validation of its descriptive epidemiology module.

ABSTRACT: Incidence and prevalence are key epidemiological determinants characterizing the quantum of a disease. We compared incidence and prevalence estimates derived automatically from the first ever online, essentially real-time, healthcare analytics platform-Livingstone-against findings from comparable peer-reviewed studies in order to validate the descriptive epidemiology module. The source of routine NHS data for Livingstone was the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). After applying a general search strategy looking for any disease or condition, 76 relevant studies were first retrieved, of which 10 met pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. Findings reported in these studies were compared with estimates produced automatically by Livingstone. The published reports described ele

SUBMITTER: Heywood BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10368254 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature