Statistical Comparisons

We are exploring the use of natural language processing tools and visualisation tools to improve our ability to answer public health questions using data. We have chosen ovarian cancer and rheumatoid arthritis as exemplar diseases, and we are making two studies of each to compare outcomes:

Using the coded data readily available from GPRD records.
Using the same coded data enhanced with information extracted from the free text using natural language processing techniques.

For further information please click for the Statistical Comparisons publications

Workstream Participants:

Rosemary Tate (workstream leader); Amanda Nicholson; Jackie Cassell; Tim Williams; Shivani Padmanabhan

Relevant Links: The General Practice Research Database
Cognitive and Language Processing Systems Department of Informatics, University of Sussex