Is it possible to identify populations experiencing material disadvantage in primary care? A feasibility study using the Clinical Practice Research Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Material disadvantage is associated with poor health, but commonly available area-based metrics provide a poor proxy for it. We investigate if a measure of material disadvantage could be constructed from UK primary care electronic health records.

Methods

Using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum (May 2022) linked to the 2019 English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), we sought to (1) identify codes that signified material disadvantage, (2) aggregate these codes into a binary measure of material disadvantage and (3) compare the proportion of people with this binary measure against IMD quintiles for validation purposes.

Results

We identified 491 codes related to benefits, employment, housing, income, environment, neglect, support services an

SUBMITTER: Davies LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671866 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature