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Newest firstObjectivesTo 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 ↗BackgroundHealthcare across all sectors, in the UK and globally, was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed healthcare services delivered to people with pancreatic cancer from January 2015 to March 2023 to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. MethodsWith the approval of NHS England, and drawing from a nationally representative OpenSAFELY-TPP dataset of 24 million patients (over 40% o…
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…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectivesTo compare the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA (Pfizer-BioNTech) and the ChAdOx1 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) COVID-19 vaccines against infection and COVID-19 disease in health and social care workers. DesignCohort study, emulating a comparative effectiveness trial. SettingLinked primary care, hospital, and COVID-19 surveillance records available within the OpenSAFELY-TPP research platform. Participants317,34…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare activity globally. The NHS in England stopped most non-urgent work by March 2020, but later recommended that services should be restored to near-normal levels before winter where possible. The authors are developing the OpenSAFELY NHS Service Restoration Observatory, using data to describe changes in service activity during COVID-19, and reviewing signals fo…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundClose contact with children may provide cross-reactive immunity to SARs-CoV-2 due to more frequent prior coryzal infections from seasonal coronaviruses. Alternatively, close contact with children may increase risk of SARs-CoV-2 infection. We investigated whether risk of infection with SARs-CoV-2 and severe outcomes differed between adults living with and without children. MethodsWorking on behalf of NHS…
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