OpenSAFELY
OpenSAFELY is a secure, transparent, open-source software platform for analysing electronic health record data. All platform activity is publicly logged. All code for data management and analysis is shared under open licenses and, by default, for scientific review and efficient re-use. It is currently executing code across a large amount of data: 58 million patients' full raw NHS England General Practice (GP) records, linked to various other sources.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
~58000000 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
96% of the English population between 1 February 2020 and 25 May 2021, registered with NHS England.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2020
Primary Institutions
EMIS Health (Industry, United Kingdom)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Academic, United Kingdom)
National Health Service (NHS) (Healthcare/Medical, United Kingdom)
The Phoenix Partnership (TPP) (Industry, United Kingdom)
University of Oxford (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Medical Research Council (MRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
National Core Studies (NCS) (Government, United Kingdom)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (Government, United Kingdom)
United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Wellcome Trust (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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