Variable | Content |
Patient demography | 1. Practice ID. Patient ID, age, gender, registration date, date left practice and date of death 2. Patient postcode linked area-based socioeconomic, ethnicity, rurality and environmental indices |
Clinical data | 1. Read coded diagnoses and symptoms, referrals to hospitals and specialists and some free text. Location and date of these events 2. Laboratory results, measurements entered by the practice (blood pressure, weight, tobacco consumption, etc). Date of these events |
Prescribing | Prescriptions written by the practice, date issued, formulation, strength, quantity and dosage |
Vaccinations | Immunisations carried out at the practice |
Consultations | Date, time and duration of consultation |
Staff | Role and gender of staff who entered the above data |
Practice | Practice ID. Patient list size, linked to number of GPs whole time equivalent, geographical location, Clinical Commissioning Group |
CMS, clinical management system; GP, general practitioner.