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Latest News & Blogs

Co-Director discusses using data for public good

Stephanie Howarth, Co-Director of ADR Wales and Chief Statistician for Wales, has discussed her role and how her team is working to maximise data efficiency and effectiveness for public good.…
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Clinical coding and capture of Long COVID: a cohort study in Wales using linked health and demographic data

This Data Insight looks at clinical coding of Long COVID recorded in primary and secondary care to aid understanding of coding quality, the variation of use in primary care software…
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New Data Insight compares structure of farming and non-farming households in Wales

A new ADR Wales Data Insight presents data on the structure of farming households in Wales and compares them to other non-farming rural households. The work was carried out by…
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Latest Publications

Data Insight: Clinical coding and capture of Long COVID: a cohort study in Wales using linked health and demographic data

This Data Insight investigates clinical coding of Long COVID recorded in primary and secondary care for the population of Wales. It provides insight into the quality of this clinical coding and how it is used differently across primary care software systems. It also explores the completeness and usability of linked health and demographic data. Furthermore, this study provides a comprehensive characterisation of patients clinically diagnosed with Long COVID, aiming to build a deeper understanding of this relatively new condition.

Journal Article: Insights from linking police domestic abuse data and health data in South Wales, UK: a linked routine data analysis using decision tree classification

Journal Article: Trajectories in chronic disease accrual and mortality across the lifespan in Wales, UK (2005–2019), by area deprivation profile: linked electronic health records cohort study on 965,905 individuals