Common protocol for validation of the QCOVID algorithm across the four UK nations

• Ronan A Lyons,
• Aziz Sheikh,
• Vahe Nafilyan,
• Frank Kee,
• Carol Coupland,
• Julia Hippisley-Cox,
• Chris Robertson,
• Ben Humberstone,
• Jane Lyons,
• Christopher R Cardwell,
• Steven Kerr

Affiliations

Ronan A Lyons

Population Data Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK

Aziz Sheikh

professor of primary care research and development

Vahe Nafilyan

1 Health Analysis Division, Office for National Statistics, Newport, UK

Frank Kee

Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

Carol Coupland

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Julia Hippisley-Cox

professor of clinical epidemiology and general practice

Chris Robertson

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Ben Humberstone

Office for National Statistics, London, UK

Jane Lyons

Population Data Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK

Christopher R Cardwell

Centre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen`s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Steven Kerr

The University of Edinburgh, Usher Institute, Edinburgh, UK