Prescribing
Summary
Abstract
Community-dispensed primary care prescription data.
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Contact point
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Digital object identifier (DOI)Not available
Keywords
Publisher
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NameHealth Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
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Logo
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DescriptionNot available
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Contact pointNot available
Documentation
Description
Primary care prescriptions for patients in the Tayside and Fife regions in Scotland. The data contains granular information such as drug strength, unit and dose.
Tayside 1989 – Current; Fife 2009 – onwards.
The data is coded using the BNF standard but can also be provided with SNOMED/DM+D codes, or in the OMOP format.
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Associated media
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Is part of
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Landing page
Coverage
Spatial
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Spatial coverage
United Kingdom, Scotland, Tayside Region, United Kingdom, Scotland, Fife
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Geographic levelsNot available
Temporal
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Start date01/01/1988
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End dateNot available
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FrequencyIrregular
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Distribution release date01/07/2021
Provenance
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PurposeCare
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SourceEpr
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Collection situationPrimary care - Clinic
Access and governance
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Conditions of accessGeneral research use
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Usage
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Conditions of useDisclosure control
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Resource creatorNHS Tayside and fife
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Is referenced byNot available
Access
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Access rights
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Access serviceHIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
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JurisdictionGB-SCT
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Data controllerLocal NHS boards
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Data processorUniversity of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre
Format and standards
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LanguageEnglish
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FormatCsv, database
Enrichment and linkage
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Related datasets
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Linkage opportunityNot available
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Tools
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Synthetic data
Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset.
Technical information
A JSON file is available with further technical information. This can include details of variables and data classes contained in the dataset.
Preview of JSON file
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