Electronic Longitudinal Alcohol Study in Communities (ELAStiC) Wales - protocol for platform development.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Excessive alcohol consumption has adverse effects on health and there is a recognised need for the longitudinal analysis of population data to improve our understanding of the patterns of alcohol use, harms to consumers and those in their immediate environment. The UK has a number of linkable, longitudinal databases that if assembled properly could support valuable research on this topic.

Aims and objectives

This paper describes the development of a broad set of cross-linked cohorts, e-cohorts, surveys and linked electronic healthcare records (EHRs) to construct an alcohol-specific analytical platform in the United Kingdom using datasets on the population of Wales.The objective of this paper is to provide a description of existing key datasets integrated with ex

SUBMITTER: Trefan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8142962 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature