Colorectal Cancer
For analysts who are familiar with routinely collected national NHS data and provides a data dictionary, data quality and summary of methods for defining cohorts, characteristics and outcomes of colorectal cancer patients.
Introduction
There are a large number of databases containing information that can potentially be used to improve the care of individuals with, or at risk of, colorectal cancer. The Bowel Cancer Intelligence programme is creating the Colorectal Repository (CORECT-R) for research purposes. At present, CORECT-R contains mainly English data sets. However, it is hoped that going forward, Scottish data will be added. In the meantime, the CORECT-R Scotland project is hosting a Scottish data extract within the National Safe Haven that contains information on colorectal cancer-diagnosed patients (PBPP project number: 1718-0026). In short, the Scottish CORECT-R brings together cancer registry data with other routinely collected data, including detailed chemotherapy prescribing data, which has not historically been linked at a national level. For further information on the Scottish CORECT-R project, including details on the PBPP application and research questions, please visit the Edinburgh Health Economics site.
The datasets that are currently included in the Scottish CORECT-R are described below:
Demographics
Several pieces of demographic information is also available for patients in the CORECT-R Scotland.
National Records of Scotland Deaths
Scottish Morbidity Records
National Cancer Audit (QPI)
Chemocase (SACT)
Patient Level Costs
Critial Care
Unscheduled Care