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).
https://www.iqvia.com/locations/united-kingdom/information-for-members-of-the-public/hospital-treatment-insights-service

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

Description of data collection

Data holder is: IQVIA and NHS Digital. Data is linked at patient level between IQVIA Hospital Pharmacy Audit (all products dispensed from the hospital pharmacy to a named patient) to NHS Hospital Episode Statistics (patient episode information) for England. Linkage is carried out by NHS Digital and returned to IQVIA with pseudonymized identifiers.
Event triggering registration

Event triggering registration of a person in the data source

Other

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

Receiving a dispensed drug from a participating hospital or attendance at a relevant hospital

Event triggering de-registration of a person in the data source

Death
End of treatment

Event triggering creation of a record in the data source

Submission of dispensing data from a participating hospital pharmacy
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?

Yes

Linkage description, pre-linked

It is a combined asset (between HPA and HES at patient level)

Linked data source 1

Pre linked

Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources?

Yes

Data source, other

Hospital episode statistics (HES)

Linkage strategy

Combination

Linked data source 2

Pre linked

Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources?

Yes

Data source, other

Prescriptions dispensed (HPA)

Linkage strategy

Combination
Data management specifications that apply for the data source

Data source refresh

Quarterly

Informed consent for use of data for research

Not Required

Possibility of data validation

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

No

Data source preservation

Are records preserved in the data source indefinitely?

Yes

Approval for publication

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

No
Common Data Model (CDM) mapping

CDM mapping

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

No