Scottish Longitudinal Study
Development & Support Unit
Current Projects
Project Title:
Understanding the association betweem multimorbidity and place of death using a representative Scottish cohort
Project Number:
2023_001
Researchers:
Sarah Bowers, Frances Quirk, Joanna Bowden, Sarah Mills, Linda Williams, Utkarsh Agrawal,
Start Date:
31/07/23
Summary:
| This project, which forms part of a PhD with the University of St Andrews, will investigate how multimorbidity (≥2 long-term health conditions) is captured on death certificates in Scotland utilising the linkage between the Scottish Longitudinal Study, Census data and National Records for Scotland death certificate data and explore the associations between multimorbidity and demographic profiles, self-reported health and place of death. Aim To characterise demographic and multimorbidity profiles within a ten year Scottish decedent cohort and analyse the associations of these on place of death. |
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