Table 1

Metadata for clinical data sources in derivation dataset (ALHS)

Data SourceNumber of RecordsNumber of IndividualsExtraction DateData Specification Date Range
Primary Care Prescribing*4 709 23147 095October 2018January 2009–April 2017
Primary Care Encounters*11 766 10049 307March 2018January 2000–November 2017
Accident & Emergency1 831 789500 321November 2017June 2007–September 2017
Hospital Inpatient Admissions1 668 957342 838August 2018January 2000–March 2017
MortalityNA91 758May 2018January 2000–March 2017
  • *Records available for subset of study population with asthma diagnosis only.