Using routine primary care data in research: (in)efficient case studies and perspectives from the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

We aimed to identify enablers and barriers of using primary care routine data for healthcare research, to formulate recommendations for improving efficiency in knowledge discovery.

Background

Data recorded routinely in primary care can be used for estimating the impact of interventions provided within routine care for all people who are clinically eligible. Despite official promotion of 'efficient trial designs', anecdotally researchers in the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research (AUKCAR) have encountered multiple barriers to accessing and using routine data.

Methods

Using studies within the AUKCAR portfolio as exemplars, we captured limitations, barriers, successes, and strengths through correspondence and discussions with the principal investigators and project

SUBMITTER: Tibble H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751789 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature