Linking primary care data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink to secondary care and other health-related patient data: update and implications
The new linkage eligibility definition is superior to the previous definition, resulting in greater ability to define appropriate denominator populations and to differentiate why some patients do not have linked data. The MPS linkage method offers the potential for CPRD to investigate individuals with duplicate records and practice mergers.
Authors
- R. Barnett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2329-7607)
- Susan Hodgson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-8586)
- Justin Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4144-441X)
- Giulia Mantovani
- Prinal Chohan
- Jennifer Campbell
Institutions
- Clinical Practice Research Datalink (GB)
- NHS Digital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Population Data Science
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v11i1.3069
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Data Quality and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 58.08