Using Electronic Health Records in Longitudinal Studies: Estimating Patient Attrition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health records (EHRs) provide rich data on many domains not routinely available in other data, as such, they are a promising source to study changes in health outcomes using longitudinal study designs (eg, cohort studies, natural experiments, etc.). Yet, patient attrition rates in these data are unknown.

Objective

The objective of this study was to estimate overall and among adults with diabetes or hypertension: (1) patient attrition over a 3-year period at community health centers; and (2) the likelihood that patients with Medicaid permanently switched their source of primary care.

Research design

A retrospective cohort study of 2012-2017 data from the Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE) Clinical D

SUBMITTER: Huguet N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7365658 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature