Identifying markers of health-seeking behaviour and healthcare access in UK electronic health records.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the feasibility of identifying markers of health-seeking behaviour and healthcare access in UK electronic health records (EHR), for identifying populations at risk of poor health outcomes and adjusting for confounding in epidemiological studies.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum prelinked to Hospital Episode Statistics.

Setting

Individual-level routine clinical data from 13 million patients across general practices (GPs) and secondary data in England.

Participants

Individuals aged ≥66 years on 1 September 2019.

Main outcome measures

We used the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model and the literature to iteratively develop criteria for markers selection. Based on this we s

SUBMITTER: Graham S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429345 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature