The results and challenges of using administrative health data within a natural experimental evaluation of the abolition of prescription fees in Scotland

Andrew James Williams; William Henley; John Frank

doi:10.1109/eScience.2018.00128

The results and challenges of using administrative health data within a natural experimental evaluation of the abolition of prescription fees in Scotland

Andrew James Williams, William Henley, John Frank

School of Medicine

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Abstract

In April 2011 Scotland abolished the prescription fee (co payment) which had applied to all community prescribed items. Nicola Sturgeon, then Scottish Health Secretary, had described the prescription fee as a 'tax on ill health.' Beyond reporting on the change in number of items prescribed, no evaluation of the policy had been planned or commissioned. However, the availability of administrative prescribing and hospital admissions data permitted the design and conduct of an interrupted time series evaluation of any impact of the policy change.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE 14th International Conference on eScience, e-Science 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538691564
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/eScience.2018.00128
Publication status	Published - 27 Dec 2018
Event	14th IEEE International Conference on eScience, e-Science 2018 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 29 Oct 2018 → 1 Nov 2018 Conference number: 14 https://www.escience2018.com/

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Conference	14th IEEE International Conference on eScience, e-Science 2018
Abbreviated title	e-Science 2018
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	29/10/18 → 1/11/18
Internet address	https://www.escience2018.com/

Keywords

Co-payment
Fees
Hospital admission
Interrupted time series
Natural experiment
Pharmaceutical
Prescription
Quasiexperimental

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Williams, A. J., Henley, W., & Frank, J. (2018). The results and challenges of using administrative health data within a natural experimental evaluation of the abolition of prescription fees in Scotland. In Proceedings - IEEE 14th International Conference on eScience, e-Science 2018 Article 8588747 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/eScience.2018.00128

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Williams, AJ, Henley, W & Frank, J 2018, The results and challenges of using administrative health data within a natural experimental evaluation of the abolition of prescription fees in Scotland. in Proceedings - IEEE 14th International Conference on eScience, e-Science 2018., 8588747, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 14th IEEE International Conference on eScience, e-Science 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/eScience.2018.00128

The results and challenges of using administrative health data within a natural experimental evaluation of the abolition of prescription fees in Scotland. / Williams, Andrew James; Henley, William; Frank, John.
Proceedings - IEEE 14th International Conference on eScience, e-Science 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8588747.

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The results and challenges of using administrative health data within a natural experimental evaluation of the abolition of prescription fees in Scotland

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