Routine Data Flashcards
1
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Types of Routine data?
A
Health outcome (deaths, admissions etc) Exposures (air pollution , crime) Disease prevention (screening ) Census population counts Births Deaths Cancer registration Terminations of pregnancy Congential abnormalities Road accidents Gp data
2
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Advantages of Routine data
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Cheap Standardised collection procedures Comprehensive Many recorded items Already collected
3
Q
Disadvantages of Routine data
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May not answer research question Incomplete ascertainment Variable quality Validity variable Disease labelling varies over area Coding changes
4
Q
What is a cross sectional study?
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A study of many factors at one point in time, to give a clue into associations between factors and diseases.
5
Q
Define the standard mortality ratio.
A
Number of deaths/No. Expected deaths if population age adjusted to the standard population.
6
Q
An example of Routine data in observing health ?
A
Admissions data: ‘Killing season’ in first Wednesday of August - 8% higher chance of dying than end of July .
