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Newest firstClinical codes are unique identifiers used in electronic health records to document specific information, such as diagnoses, procedures or medications. Because of their structured and systematic nature, they are often used for research, audit and service evaluation. Knowing how frequently certain codes are recorded can be invaluable in planning such work. For example, not all events are recorded with equal frequen…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectivesTo evaluate temporal changes in the incidence and prevalence of 19 long-term conditions in England, quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis rates by disease, age group, sex, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. DesignObservational cohort study. SettingPrimary care and hospital admission data, with the approval of NHS England. Participants27,132,190 individuals registered with general…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare delivery, including difficulty accessing in-person care, which may have increased the need for strong pharmacological pain relief. MethodsWith NHS England approval, we used routine clinical data from >20 million general practice adult patients in OpenSAFELY-TPP. Using interrupted time series analysis, we quantified prevalent and new opioid prescribing prior to t…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic and associated national lockdowns created unprecedented disruption to healthcare, with reduced access to services and planned clinical encounters postponed or cancelled. It was widely anticipated that failure to obtain timely treatment would cause progression of illness and increased hospital admissions. Additional concerns were that social and spatial inequalities would widen given…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundApproaches to addressing unwarranted variation in healthcare service delivery have traditionally relied on the prospective identification of activities and outcomes, based on a hypothesis, with subsequent reporting against defined measures. Practice-level prescribing data in England are made publicly available by the NHS Business Services Authority for all general practices. There is an opportunity to ad…
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