title: Cohort profile: the housing regeneration and health study.
abstract: A cohort comprising residents of a housing regeneration and health programme was created from routinely collected data using a system which allows us to anonymously link housing data to individuals and their health. The regeneration programme incorporating four rolling work packages runs from 2009 to 2014. The main intervention cohort we describe here contains the 18 312 residents of 9051 residences at baseline. The cohort will be followed continuously through routine health data (demographics, mortality, hospital admissions and general practitioner records including prescriptions) with periodic updates of housing regeneration intervention data. Here, we describe the baseline data for the primary health outcomes of emergency hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions and injuries for those aged ≥60 years. We will compare the health of residents within the homes before and after the housing regeneration work has taken place, and we will calculate the change in health service costs with use of hospital and General Practitioners (GP) services. We will also use a difference in differences approach to assess changes in comparison with comparator cohorts. These data will be accessible at the end of the study period in 2016. Further information about this study can be obtained from Ronan Lyons; r.a.lyons@swansea.ac.uk.
authors.affiliation: Health Information Research Unit, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, UK, Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, Cardiff School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff, UK and Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heaven
authors.forename: Arron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lacey
authors.forename: Wouter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poortinga
authors.forename: Frank D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Dunstan
authors.forename: Kerina H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Ceri J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Gwyneth A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Ronan A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011638:Public Housing / Q000592:standards*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D055815:Young Adult