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| Title |
Real-world data in the United Kingdom: opportunities and challenges
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, June 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-016-0647-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura McDonald, Dimitra Lambrelli, Radek Wasiak, Sreeram V. Ramagopalan |
| Abstract |
Real-world data is that collected outside the constraints of controlled clinical trials and is increasingly informing decision-making in healthcare. The landscape of real-world data in the United Kingdom is set to evolve over the coming months as the government plans to build on databases currently in place by collecting patient data from all family practices and linking this information with hospital records. This initiative, called care.data, has the potential to be an invaluable resource. However, the programme has been criticized on grounds of data privacy, which has led to an extended delay in its implementation and the expectation that a large number of people will opt out. Opt-outs may introduce substantial biases to the dataset, and understanding how to account for these presents a significant challenge for researchers. For the scope and quality of real-world evidence in the United Kingdom to be realised, and for this information to be used effectively, it is essential to address this challenge. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 | 64% |
| Germany | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 64% |
| Scientists | 2 | 18% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 76 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 13% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Unknown | 20 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 24% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 28 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2019.
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#2,562,381
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#1,635
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#46,838
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#30
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