Authors
Rachel J Pearson, Amelia Jewell, Linda Wijlaars, Stuart Bedston, Emily Finch, Karen Broadhurst, Johnny Downs, Ruth Gilbert
Publication date
2021
Journal
International Journal of Population Data Science
Volume
6
Issue
1
Publisher
Swansea University
Description
Objectives
To evaluate data linkage between administrative family court data and electronic mental health records for a population-based mental health service for 1.3 million people in South London.
Methods
We deterministically linked administrative family court data for women (n= 5463) involved in care proceedings in South London with service user records from the South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Trust (SLaM). We restricted the cohort to women involved in proceedings between 2007 and 2019, in local authorities where SLaM solely provides secondary/tertiary mental health services and the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)(n= 3226). We analysed the associations between match status and sociodemographic/case characteristics using multivariable logistic regression.
Results
Two-thirds (2317/3226; 66%) of women linked to a SLaM service user record at some point; most (91 …
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