MEDICINEINSIGHT - Validation of the MedicineInsight database: completeness, generalisability and plausibility

The Australian Government Department of Health had input into the design of the project but was not involved in the analysis and interpretation of the data. [...] Assessment of the validity of MedicineInsight data The extent to which the findings of analyses of MedicineInsight data are a true reflection of general practice activities and patient health – and are trusted by clinicians, policymakers and researchers – depends on the quality and completeness of the data. [...] The completeness of variables in the ‘Site’ and ‘Practice recruitment’ tables were calculated as a proportion of all general practices, and the completeness of variables from the ‘Clinical user’ table were calculated as a proportion of all clinical users. [...] FIGURE 1: STUDY SELECTION FLOWCHART FOR THE FY10 2019/20 COHORT VALIDATION OF THE MEDICINEINSIGHT DATABASE: COMPLETENESS AND GENERALISABILITY 23 The proportion of patients excluded from the study due to invalid (missing) gender increased over the 10-year study, from 0.1% of the total cohort in FY1 to 0.5% in FY10 (Table 6). [...] The completeness of variables in the ‘Site’, and ‘Practice recruitment’ tables were assessed as a proportion of all practices and the completeness of variables from the ‘Clinical user’ table was assessed as a proportion of all clinical users.