Linkage of administrative family court care proceedings and hospital records for mothers in England: linkage accuracy and cumulative incidence of family court care proceedings after a first live birth.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Linkage of public law family court care proceedings (CP) data to all women giving birth in NHS hospitals in England allows calculation of the cumulative incidence of CP involvement for mothers with first children born.

Objectives

To assess linkage accuracy and determine the 10-year cumulative incidence of CP after a first live birth (FLB) for population subgroups.

Method

NHS England linked records for mothers in Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) involved in CP (2007-2021) to all mothers with a delivery in England using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES: 1997-21). We calculated match rates and assessed indirect evidence of potential false positive and missed links. We used survival analyses to estimate cumulative incidence of

SUBMITTER: Ireland G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12042068 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature