Summary of quantitative categories and variables
| Data categories | Variables |
|---|---|
| Patient demographics | Age Sex Ethnicity Count of address moves Distance to practice Distance to A&E SIMD decile Rural8 score |
| Health conditions | Multimorbidity count Priority 1 read codes Psychotropic medication prescribing (BNF chapter) Secondary healthcare diagnoses (inpatient and outpatient) |
| Social vulnerability | Adverse Childhood Experiences Severe and Multiple Disadvantage General social vulnerability coding frame |
| Healthcare usage | Breast screening Bowel screening Cervical screening BP checked Child health surveillance Vaccinations Practice nurse appointments Other healthcare professional appointments Primary care attendance distribution Hospital referrals Outpatient attendances Hospital admissions Emergency departments attendance NHS 24 triage GP out of hours Ambulance services callouts |
| Healthcare engagement | DNA codes Refused screening QOF exempt Inappropriate use codes Self-discharge codes |
| Study exit | Patient death Patient moved practice |
| Family linkage | Secondary healthcare linkage with mother and child |
| Education data | School attendance School exclusion School attainment |
| Health outcomes | Cause of death |
| GP practice characteristics | Practice list size Patient age distribution Ethnicity category distribution Patient rural8 score distribution Patient SIMD score distribution Patient distance to practice distribution Patient distance to A&E distribution Number of appointments offered/patients engaged past 3 years distribution Number of days since appointments made distribution Patient multimorbidity score distribution Patient ACE score distribution Patient SMD score distribution Patient hospital referrals distribution Primary care attendance pattern distribution |
A&E, accident and emergency; ACE, Adverse Childhood Experiences; BNF, British National Formulary; BP, blood pressure; DNA, Did Not Attend; GP, general practitioner; NHS, National Health Service; QOF, Quality and Outcomes Framework; SMID, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; SMR, Scottish Morbidity Record, SQA, Scottish Qualification Authority; SMD Severe and Multiple Disadvantage.