Papers
Showing 159 published or preprint papers authored by the Bennett Institute.
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Primary care coding activity related to the use of online consultation systems or remote consulting
We explore general practice coding activity associated with the use of online consultation systems in terms of trends, COVID-19 effect, variation and quality.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Impact of COVID-19 on recorded blood pressure screening and hypertension management in England
We describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood pressure screening and hypertension management in England.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Therapeutics Dataset from COVID-19 Medicine Delivery Units in England
This paper assessed the content and data quality of the COVID-19 Therapeutics dataset within OpenSAFELY, with a specific focused on therapeutics provided in outpatient settings by CMDUs.
Status: Preprint
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- OpenSAFELY
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The safety of antivirals and neutralising monoclonal antibodies used in prehospital treatment of Covid-19
This proof-of-principle pharmacovigilance study used Electronic Health Record (EHR) data to examine the safety of sotrovimab, paxlovid and molnupiravir in prehospital treatment of Covid-19
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Consistency, completeness and external validity of ethnicity recording in NHS primary care records: a cohort study in 25 million patients’ records at source using OpenSAFELY
We describe the completeness and consistency of primary care ethnicity recording in the OpenSAFELY-TPP database, containing linked primary care and hospital records in >25 million patients in England. We also compared the ethnic breakdown in OpenSAFELY-TPP with that of the 2021 UK census.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Changes in sick notes associated with COVID-19 from 2020 to 2022: a cohort study in 24 million primary care patients in OpenSAFELY-TPP
This study quantified the sick note rate in people with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 diagnosis in 2020, 2021 and 2022 overall, by demographics, and by time since diagnosis. We also used adjusted Cox regression to compare the sick note rate to the general population.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines as First Booster Doses in England
We estimate the effectiveness of boosting with BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines compared with no boosting in eligible adults who had received two primary course vaccine doses in England.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Changes in opioid prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic in England
This study described changes in prevalent and new opioid prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic, overall, among people in care homes, and stratified by demographics.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Trends in weight gain recorded in English primary care before and during the Coronavirus-19 pandemic: An observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform
This study uses OpenSAFELY to investigate patterns of weight change before and during the pandemic in England and describe which groups were most likely to have experienced unhealthy patterns of weight gain.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Healthcare utilisation in people with long COVID
This study aims to assess the healthcare utilisation of individuals with long COVID.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Exploring Prior Antibiotic Exposure Characteristics for COVID-19 Hospital Admission Patients
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between COVID-19 infection severity and exposure to two or more prior antibiotic prescriptions. The primary goal was to more accurately describe the characteristics of antibiotic prescribing and its association with severe COVID-19 outcomes, taking into account various risk factors such as increased comorbidities in this population, age, sex, and ethnicity.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Data-Driven Identification of Potentially Successful Intervention Implementations Using 5 Years of Opioid Prescribing Data
By applying one of our existing analysis tools to a national dataset, we were able to rank NHS organisations by reduction in opioid prescribing rates. Highly ranked organisations are candidates for further qualitative research into intervention design and implementation.
Status: Published
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- OpenPrescribing
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Incidence and treatment of group A streptococcal infections during covid-19 pandemic and 2022 outbreak
Investigation of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the number of patients with group A streptococcal infections and related antibiotic prescriptions
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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OpenSAFELY: Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination in children and adolescents
We conducted a matched sequential trials observational study to assess the safety and effectiveness of first and second dose BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination in children and adolescents in England.
Status: Preprint
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- OpenSAFELY
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Clinical coding of long COVID in primary care 2020–2023 in a cohort of 19 million adults
Incidence and differences in demographic and clinical characteristics in recorded long COVID in primary care records in England.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on deprivation-level differences in cardiovascular hospitalisations
To examine the impact of the pandemic on deprivation-related inequalities in hospitalisations for CVD conditions in Denmark and England between March 2018 and December 2021.
Status: Preprint
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- OpenSAFELY
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Antidepressant Prescribing with a focus on people with learning disability and autism
COVID-19 lockdowns led to increased reports of depressive symptoms in the general population and impacted the health and social care services of people with learning disability and autism. We explored whether the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on antidepressant prescribing trends within these and the general population.
Status: Preprint
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- OpenSAFELY
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Impact of long COVID on health-related quality-of-life: an OpenSAFELY population cohort study using patient-reported outcome measures (OpenPROMPT)
We aimed to evaluate and estimate the differences in health impacts of long COVID across sociodemographic categories and quantify this in Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs), widely used measures across health systems.
Status: Published
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- OpenSAFELY