Article Text
Statistics from Altmetric.com
Footnotes
-
Contributor MB had the original idea for the analysis. RW was responsible for all data analysis and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. PW provided advice on relevant aspects of Scottish health service organisation and delivery. All authors reviewed and contributed to the final draft of the manuscript.
-
Ethics approval All analyses were undertaken within the NHS National Services Scotland Information Services Division (ISD) with only aggregated, non-patient–identifiable results released out with ISD. No approval was therefore required from the Privacy Advisory Committee.
-
Competing interests None.
-
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
-
Data sharing statement Researchers wishing to access Scottish routine health data for research purposes should contact NHS National Services Scotland Information Services Division (NSS.eDRIS@nhs.net).