Creating a Research-Ready Data Asset version of primary care data for Wales and investigating the impact of COVID-19 on utilisation of primary care services
Analysis demonstrates increased consultation rates during and after COVID-19 in primary care, indicating improved data quality from the research-ready data asset.
Key Points
Consultation rates rose by 1.9 times from 2000 to 2024, with post-COVID-19 levels 8% above 2019.
Data retention improved significantly from 40% to 94%, enhancing the usability of the primary care data.
Evaluation showed the WLGP RRDA coverage increased to 86% by 2024, reflecting expanding data quality and completeness.
Vaccination rates spiked during the pandemic, remaining 1.8 times above pre-pandemic levels despite disruptions.
Cite This Study
Abbasizanjani et al. (2025) studied this question.