Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Burton, Jonathan
Author-Name: Sala, Emanuela
Author-Name: Knies, Gundi
Title: Consenting to health record linkage: evidence from the British Household Panel Study
Abstract: The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) is the first study of its kind to have asked for permission to link to a range of administrative health records. Multivariate analysis is applied to investigate whether there is consent bias. We find that consent on the BHPS is not biased with respect to socio-economic characteristics or health; recent users of GP services are underrepresented among consenters. Whilst consent rates are lower than on previous surveys with a more medical focus, the problem of bias is less of an issue.

Creation-Date: 20111107
Number: 2011-27
Publication-Status: published
File-URL: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/working-papers/iser/2011-27.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2011-27