Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD)
The ECHILD Database encompasses all children and young people born between September 1, 1995, and August 31, 2020, who have records in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) or the National Pupil Database (NPD). These datasets cover the entire population of children and young people in England who receive state-funded health, education or social care services, regardless of their birthplace. More specifically, the HES records capture all hospital activities provided or funded by the National Health Service (NHS) in England, such as births, inpatient admissions, outpatient appointments, mental health and learning disabilities and Accident & Emergency (A&E) visits while the NPD records contain information on state-funded education and children's social care services. The ECHILD Database includes linked records from birth to age 24, and totals approximately 14.7 million individuals.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
14,700,000 (participants)
Age at first data collection
0 - 24 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1995 - 2020 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1989 (Hospital Episode Statistics)
2019 (Data linkage)
Primary Institutions
University College London (UCL)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK)
Health Data Research UK (HDRUK)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Social care data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
