Investigating the impact of interventions on social care: a quantitative approach using data linkage and joint modelling

Aims:

We aim to address a gap in the methodologies deployed in the field of social-care and health research. We will achieve this by developing a data-intensive technique that will be applied to important questions in social care and health research.

Our technique will enable us to analyse the dependency between interventions, healthcare and subsequent social-care needs over time. By modelling the impact over time, our technique will provide better targeted, efficient and more effective interventions that are designed to reduce social-care needs and improve health outcomes.

We will facilitate our technique using anonymised routinely collected data, and we will create crucial statistical evidence to influence policy and inform decision-making. 

Research questions:

We aim to answer a wide range of research questions including:

  1. By how much do health events recorded in a General Practice (GP) relate to an increased need for social care?
  2. Can interventions before or after healthcare events prolong the time someone can live safely and independently in their own home?
  3. Can the early identification of a culmination of symptoms over time prolong life?
Research lead
Dr Joe Hollinghurst
Dyddiad cychwyn
1 Hydref 2019
UKCRC Research Activity
Health and social care services research
Research activity sub-code
Research design and methodologies