What is Cprd gold?
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What is Cprd gold?
The CPRD GOLD database contains longitudinal routinely-collected electronic health records (EHR data) from UK primary care practices using Vision® general practice patient management software. The database captures information on: Demographic characteristics. Diagnoses and symptoms.
How many practices are there in Cprd?
The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is an ongoing primary care database of anonymised medical records from general practitioners, with coverage of over 11.3 million patients from 674 practices in the UK.
How do you access Cprd data?
Research protocols All protocols to access CPRD data must be submitted via the Electronic Research Applications Portal (eRAP) at www.erap.cprd.com, following the guidance provided. Applicants, and all members of the research team, need an approved eRAP account in order to submit an application.
Is the Cprd Gold population comparable to the UK population?
A study conducted in collaboration between CPRD and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 96 concluded that patients in the CPRD GOLD database are broadly representative of the UK general population in terms of age, sex, ethnicity and BMI.
What is the full form of Cprd?
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
What is clinical practice research?
Clinical practice research specifically addresses issues concerned with methods and approaches used in service delivery and their outcomes. It is distinct from research aimed primarily at understanding the mechanisms underlying normal processing or disorders.
Why is CRPD important?
The purpose of the CRPD is ‘to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity’ (Article 1).
Who signed the CRPD?
The CRPD was officially opened for nations to sign on March 30th of 2007. The Convention, ‘entered into force,’ meant it became law for nations that ratified it on May 3rd, 2008. America signed the CRPD on July 30th, 2009 – joining more than one-hundred and forty other nations that had already signed the treaty.
What is the difference between clinical practice and research?
While there are a lot of similarities, the key difference is that medical treatment is intended to benefit and help you while using accepted procedures and products, whereas clinical research is intended to learn about a medication to potentially help patients in the future.
Is the CRPD binding?
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a legally binding international human rights treaty which addresses the rights of people with disabilities. It was adopted on 13th December 2006, and entered into force on 3rd May 2008.
How does the CRPD define disability?
Defining disability The CRPD establishes in Article 1 that ‘persons with disabilities’ includes ‘those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others’.