National administrative record linkage between specialist community drug and alcohol treatment data (the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)) and inpatient hospitalisation data (Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)) in England: design, method and evaluation

Objectives The creation and evaluation of a national record linkage between substance misuse treatment, and inpatient hospitalisation data in England.Design A deterministic record linkage using personal identifiers to link the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) curated by Public Healt...

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Main Authors: Katie L Harron, Martin White, Emmert Roberts, Matthew Hotopf, Colin Drummond, James C Doidge, Jonathan Knight, Brian Eastwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e043540.full
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