National administrative record linkage between specialist community drug and alcohol treatment data (the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)) and inpatient hospitalisation data (Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)) in England: design, method and evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The creation and evaluation of a national record linkage between substance misuse treatment, and inpatient hospitalisation data in England.

Design

A deterministic record linkage using personal identifiers to link the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) curated by Public Health England (PHE), and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Admitted Patient Care curated by National Health Service (NHS) Digital.

Setting and participants

Adults accessing substance misuse treatment in England between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019 (n=268 251) were linked to inpatient hospitalisation records available since 1 April 1997.

Outcome measures

Using a gold-standard subset, linked using NHS number, we report the overall linkage sensitivity and precision. Pred

SUBMITTER: Roberts E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7692978 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature