Healthcare Resource Utilization for the HCRU Cohort in Lookback and Follow-up Periods

13.5 KB of tabular data on healthcare resource utilization for a specific cohort. The dataset, authored by Chloe McDonald and last updated on 2026-04-22, tracks utilization during a lookback period and the first three months of follow-up. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling healthcare costs based on resource utilization patterns described in the cohort.
• Comparing baseline and follow-up care intensity for the HCRU cohort.
• Identifying drivers of healthcare utilization within a defined patient cohort.

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Specific temporal focus on a lookback period and months 1-3 of follow-up.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Chloe McDonald.

Collection Method

Method of data gathering is not specified in the provided metadata.

Time Range

Covers a lookback period and months 1-3 of follow-up.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 17:31:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic coverage is not specified.