Respiratory Tract Infection (RTI) Observatory

15/07/2024
28/01/2026
Data source
Human
Administrative healthcare records (e.g., claims)
Diagnostic tests or procedures reimbursement
Disease registry
Drug registry
Emergency care discharge records
Hospital discharge records
Hospital inpatient records
Hospital outpatient visit records
Pharmacy dispensing records
Registration with healthcare system
Specialist ambulatory care records
Vaccination registry
Access and validation

Governance details

Documents or webpages that describe the overall governance of the data source and processes and procedures for data capture and management, data quality check and validation results (governing data access or utilisation for research purposes).

Biospecimen access

Are biospecimens available in the data source (e.g., tissue samples)?

No

Access to subject details

Can individual patients/practitioners/practices included in the data source be contacted?

No
Event triggering registration

Event triggering registration of a person in the data source

Disease diagnosis
Other
Start of treatment

Event triggering registration of a person in the data source, other

Any coded activity in hospital or data site system
Data source linkage

Linkage

Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources (prelinked data source) and/or can the data source be linked to other data source on an ad-hoc basis?

No
Data management specifications that apply for the data source

Data source refresh

Quarterly
Every 6 months

Informed consent for use of data for research

Possibility of data validation

Can validity of the data in the data source be verified (e.g., access to original medical charts)?

Yes

Data source preservation

Are records preserved in the data source indefinitely?

No

Approval for publication

Is an approval needed for publishing the results of a study using the data source?

Yes

Data source last refresh

Common Data Model (CDM) mapping

CDM mapping

Has the data source been converted (ETL-ed) to a common data model?

Yes

CDM Mappings