Quality and Outcomes Framework Indicators: Depression prevalence (QOF_4_12)

Daras, Konstantinos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-4628, Rose, Tanith, Tsimpida, Dialechti and Barr, Benjamin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4208-9475 (2023) Quality and Outcomes Framework Indicators: Depression prevalence (QOF_4_12). [Data Collection]

Data Catalogue DOI: 10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2170

Original Record Link: https://pldr.org/dataset/2ldz5

Description

Summary This indicator measures the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of depression. Patients are of all ages, and numbers are given for consecutive years since 2011, across areas of England. Technical description The percentage of patients with a diagnosis of depression. GP practices reporting extreme depression prevalence are excluded from the calculation. Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) data by GP practice and year were provided by the data owners (NHS Digital). These data were used to calculate weighted averages of the indicator by Lower Super Output Area (LSOA).

Keywords:

QOF, GPs, Depression

Divisions:

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health > Public Health, Policy and Systems

Depositing User:

Konstantinos Daras

Date Deposited:

02 Mar 2023 12:59

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 12:59

DOI:

10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2170