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Exploring our data yourself
As a small team we unfortunately don't have time to manage contributions from volunteers, which is a great shame.
However, as all our code is open source, you should feel free to have a think about ways you might contribute. If you're able to get off the ground and start working with the data yourself, and come up with some suggestions for novel ways to approach our data, we would be more than happy to support you at that stage.
Start with reading our blog posts about prescribing data, and our papers (this list last updated December 2018). Think about what you'd like to do, and get in touch with us with a proposal, and we'll be happy to talk it through with you, work out next steps, and set you up with access to our Google Cloud Services data lake.
We publish research papers on the innovative informatics methods we have developed to run our interactive data tools.
OpenPrescribing: Normalised Data and Software Tool to Research Trends in English NHS Primary Care Prescribing 1998-2016
Curtis HJ, Goldacre B.
BMJ Open 2018;8:e019921.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019921
A New Mechanism To Identify Cost Savings in English NHS Prescribing: Minimising “Price-Per-Unit”, a Cross Sectional Study
Croker R, Walker AJ, Bacon S, Curtis HJ, French L, Goldacre B.
BMJ Open 2018;8:e019643.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019643
Detecting Change in Comparison to Peers in NHS Prescribing Data: a Novel Application of Cumulative Sum Methodology
Walker AJ, Bacon S, Croker R, Goldacre B.
BMC Medical Informatics, 2018, Volume 18, Number 1, Page 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-018-0642-6
We publish research papers on variation in clinical practice in the NHS, across a wide range of medical fields. These papers typically include: 18 year national practice trends, corrected for population and inflation; graphs and atlases of current CCG and GP practice-level variation; 5 year GP practice-level decile trends; and regression analyses to describe factors associated with specific problematic or advantageous prescribing behaviours.
Trends, geographic variation, and factors associated with prescribing of gluten-free foods in English primary care: a cross sectional study
Walker AJ, Curtis HJ, Bacon S, Croker R, Goldacre B
BMJ Open, 2018;8:e021312.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021312
Time Trends and Geographical Variation in Prescribing of Drugs for Diabetes in England 1998-2016
Curtis HJ, Dennis JM, Shields BM, Walker AJ, Bacon S, Hattersley AT, Jones AG, Goldacre B
Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. 2018;1–10.
https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13346
Trends and variation in Prescribing of Low-Priority Treatments Identified by NHS England: A Cross-Sectional Study and Interactive Data Tool in English Primary Care
Walker AJ, Croker R, Bacon S, Ernst E, Curtis H, Goldacre B
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2018 Jun;111(6):203-213.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076818769408
Is Use of Homeopathy Associated With Poor Prescribing in English Primary Care? A Cross-Sectional Study
Walker AJ, Croker R, Bacon S, Curtis H, Goldacre B
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2018 May;111(5):167-174.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076818765779
Opioid Prescribing Trends and Geographical Variation in England 1998-2017 - A Retrospective Database Study
Curtis HJ, Croker R, Walker AJ, Richards G, Quinlan J, Goldacre B
Dec 2018, Lancet Psychiatry.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30471-1
Antibiotic Prescribing Trends and Geographical Variation in England 1998-2017 - A Retrospective Database Study
Curtis HJ, Walker AJ, Goldacre B
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2018, dky377 https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky377.
Do doctors in dispensing practices with a financial conflict of interest prescribe more expensive drugs? A cross-sectional analysis of English primary care prescribing data.
Goldacre B, Reynolds C, Powell-Smith A, Walker AJ, Yates TA, Croker R, Smeeth L
BMJ Open 2019;9:e026886.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026886
We publish original research papers on how clinical practice is changed in the NHS, including interrupted time series analyses assessing clinicians’ response to new guidelines, evidence landmarks, and price shocks; RCTs and observational research on the impact of the OpenPrescribing.net tools; and research on the diffusion of innovation in primary care.
Impact of NICE Guidance on Tamoxifen Prescribing in England 2011-2016 - An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Curtis HJ, Walker AJ, Goldacre B
British Journal of Cancer 2018; 118, p1268–1275.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0065-2
The Effect of Audit & Feedback on Prescribing Behaviour and Engagement with Data on OpenPrescribing.net - A Randomised Controlled Trial
Preprint of protocol: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6188633
RCT completed. “Prescribing behaviour” endpoints in coming months. Data collection for “engagement with data” outcomes completed and results in draft.
Measuring the Impact of an Open Online Prescribing Data Analysis Service on Clinical Practice: a Cohort Study in NHS England Data
Walker AJ, Curtis HJ, Croker R, Bacon S, Goldacre B
Journal of Medical Internet Research 2019;21(1):e10929
https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.10929
Why did some practices not implement new antibiotic prescribing guidelines on urinary tract infection? A cohort study and survey in NHS England primary care
Croker R, Walker A, Goldacre B
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2018, dky509
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky509
Six months on - NHS England needs to focus on dissemination, implementation and audit of its Low-Priority Initiative
Walker AJ, Bacon S, Curtis HJ, Croker R, MacKenna B, Goldacre B
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0141076818808429
Impact of Chief Medical Officer Activity on Prescribing of Antibiotics in England
- An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Walker AJ, Curtis HJ, Goldacre B
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2019, dky528
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dky528
Variation in Responsiveness To Warranted Behaviour Change Among NHS Clinicians: a Novel Implementation of Change-Detection Methods in Longitudinal Prescribing Data
Walker AJ, Pretis F, Powell-Smith A, Goldacre B
Final draft.
We publish research and policy analysis on prescribing and informatics.
The clinician impact and financial cost to the NHS of litigation over pregabalin: a cohort study in English primary care
Croker R, Smyth D, Walker AJ, Goldacre B
BMJ Open 2018;8:e022416.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022416
Analysis: Implications from the patent litigation over pregabalin
Smyth D, Croker R, Goldacre B
BMJ 2018;361:k2318
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2318