Health-Related Quality of Life for Carers Aged 18+ from GP Patient Survey

CCGOIS 2.15 provides average adjusted health status scores for carers aged 18 and above, based on the EQ-5D™ instrument. The data originates from the GP Patient Survey and is published by the Government Digital Service via the EU Open Data platform. The current version was updated in September 2017, with a next version due in September 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze the health-related quality of life of caregivers based on EQ-5D™ scores.
• Benchmark caregiver health status against general population data based on survey responses.
• Study the relationship between caregiving roles and self-reported health metrics.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a standardized, validated health status instrument (EQ-5D™).
• Dataset is published by a government digital service under an open license.
• Update schedule is indicated, with a next version due in September 2018.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service (UK), via GP Patient Survey.

Collection Method

Survey responses from the GP Patient Survey.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not explicitly stated in the input.

Freshness

Current version updated in September 2017.

Geography

Geography is not explicitly stated in the input, but the platform and source suggest likely UK coverage.