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

Description of data collection

The LPD contains data from computer-based patient records routinely collected from approximately 1000 general practitioners (GPs) homogeneously distributed across Italy and included in the Health Search Network. All the GPs are users of the same electronic health record software.
Data holder: IQVIA Solutions Italy srl & Società Italiana di Medicina Generale e delle Cure Primarie (SIMG)
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

The patient needs to visit a general practitioner included in the Health Search Network.

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

Death
Other

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

End of registration with GP, death of the GP or leaving the Health Search Network, followed by a new registration to another GP not included in the Health Search Network.

Event triggering creation of a record in the data source

Any patient information recorded by the general practitioner. (e.g., drug prescrition, diagnosis, precedure, lab-test exc.)
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

Monthly

Informed consent for use of data for research

Other

Informed consent, other

Analysis plan and aggregated results can be shared with external partner. Person-level data cannot be shared and externalized.

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?

Yes

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

Data source ETL CDM version

5.3

Data source ETL frequency

12,00 months

Data source ETL status

Completed

Data source ETL specifications (link)