Data characteristics

The number of practices and patients contributing data to the Patron repository is not static. Please contact us for more information on data characteristics. The data is currently predominantly from Victorian general practices and community health care settings. In 2020 there were approximately 3.5 million de-identified individuals (patients) represented in the dataset and around 80 million patient visits. Some 38% of practices are located in regional or rural locations. All persons (patients, staff and clinicians) are de-identifed by the GRHANITE® research data extraction tool before data are extracted.

If you would like to know more about privacy protection, record linkage or research that requires practice or patient re-identification, please contact us.