As scientific and technological areas, these two strands involve low-level data collection, intermediate-level information processing, and high-level application action and service delivery (e.g. [19]).
However, data access and privacy, the time points of data collection, the level of detail in the data, and the lack of a clear understanding of the data-collection process were identified as main challenges for the usage of routinely collected data in pragmatic trials.
We emphasise the importance of appropriate data collection (individual level street address) before this framework can be promoted as a contribution to epidemiological methodologies.
A flow chart describing the organisation of field teams and activities across the TAPHE studies is provided in figure 5. Following data collection, two levels of data quality check are routinely performed.
Furthermore, there will be 3 levels of data collection: 1) Patient level (age, gender, morbidity, preventive services, attendance); 2) Health-care professional level (professional characteristics, years working at the team, workload); 3) Team level (characteristics, electronic clinical record system).
Researchers can also track the costs associated with storage of their data at the collection level.
Conclusion: CAT can be used to reduce data collection time; the level of precision of estimates is minimally less than that provided by traditional assessment approaches.
Furthermore, we found that the comparison of excess commuting metrics between regions and time periods sets high standards on data requirements, in which uniformity in data collection and spatial level of aggregation is of great importance.
The technique enables novel types of assays and allow data collection at a level of resolution not previously obtained.
