Detecting referral and selection bias by the anonymous linkage of practice, hospital and clinic data using Secure and Private Record Linkage (SAPREL): case study from the evaluation of the Improved Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) service

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The evaluation of demonstration sites set up to provide improved access to psychological therapies (IAPT) comprised the study of all people identified as having common mental health problems (CMHP), those referred to the IAPT service...

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Main Authors: Parry Glenys, Chan Tom, Navarro Rob, de Lusignan Simon, Dent-Brown Kim, Kendrick Tony
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/11/61