Wednesday 9th December 2015

Jointly held with the MRC Medical Bioinformatics Centre, Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds

Dr Pia Hardelid - NIHR Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Population, Policy and Practice Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London

Using linked hospital and death records for health services research: example of chronic conditions and respiratory infections in children who die

Linked data from hospitals and death registration have been used for several years in the UK for studies in clinical epidemiology and monitoring hospital mortality rates. There is now increasing interest in using these data to answer a wider set of research questions, particularly since linkage can now be extended to primary care data and other health and non-health datasets. We used death records linked to hospital admission records from England, Scotland and Wales to estimate the role of chronic conditions and respiratory tract infections in childhood mortality. Building on our findings from this project, I will demonstrate how linkage to hospital records can be used to enhance and validate death certification data. I will also discuss some challenges in using these linked data, including reporting delay for deaths and changes in coding depth over time.

* Please note earlier than normal start time

Room: Worsley Building, Level 8, Seminar Room Y (Room 8.43N) (Building 95 on campus map), University of Leeds, Leeds. Starting 3:30pm until 4:30pm with Teas/Coffees available from 3pm. See interactive campus map, (PDF copy available here).