Analysis of Multiple Health Risky Behaviours and Associated Disease Outcomes Using Scottish Linked Hospitalisation Data

Funding The receipt of financial support from the MRC National Preventive Research Initiative Phase 2 Grant G0701874 is greatly acknowledged. The Funding Partners relevant to this award are: British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Department of Health, Diabetes UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, Research and Development Office for the Northern Ireland Health and Social Services, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health Directorates, The Stroke Association, Welsh Assembly Government, and World Cancer Research Fund. The Health Economics Research Unit is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors. Acknowledgments The team is grateful to the Privacy Advisory Committee of the Information Service Division, NHSScotland for granting the permission to access the linked SHeS SMR datasets. We are also grateful for the identification of disease-specific ICD9 and ICD10 codes. We are grateful for the helpful comments received at national and international conferences and workshop where the findings of the paper were presented.Peer reviewedPublisher PD