Data Resource Profile: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (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. With 4.4 million active (alive, currently registered) patients meeting quality criteria, approximately 6.9% of the UK population are included and patients are broadly representative of the UK general population in terms of age, sex and ethnicity. General practitioners are the gatekeepers of primary care and specialist referrals in the UK. The CPRD primary care database is therefore a rich source of health data for research, including data on demographics, symptoms, tests, diagnoses, therapies,…

• WT
  Wellcome Trust

  Awards: 098504/Z/12/Z, 098504
• MR
  Medical Research Council

  Awards: MR/K006584/1, MR/K006665/1, MC_PC_13042