The investigators had complete access to the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset for the study period covering April 2011 to March 2015. Data was cleaned prior to analysis with removal of incomplete and duplicate records. Python (Python Software Foundation) was used for data extraction and analysis and Tableau (Tableau Software) for data visualisation. Statistical analysis and review were performed by biomedical statisticians (JC, MB).
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