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Health Information Frameworks
Divide Data sources either by:
1. Population Data
Census
Births & Deaths register
ONS longitudinal survey
Public Health common data set
2. Health Events
Death certificate
HES
Korner data
GP data (EMIS)
PACT data
Registers (cancer, malformations, etc.)
3. Population Based Surveys
General household survey, National Health survey, Food survey
(these are patchy and often incomplete)
OR by :
1. Mortality
2. Morbidity
Hospital (HES and regional data)
Primary Care
Registers - cancer, malformations etc.
3. Surveys - done regularly such as the National Health Survey or one-off
OPCS Disability Survey (85 & 95)
4. Research - literature via medline
5. Non-NHS sources such as fire, police other registers
A bit about each of these sources with their advantages and disadvantages would be helpful to know. Most of the detail of this is in Donaldson & Donaldson.