Two recent data reports are providing researchers and the public with insights into the PCORnet® infrastructure. These reports offer topic-specific snapshots of the extensive, real-world patient data available through PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks (CRNs), helping research teams to refine research questions, identify relevant data elements, and design more informed, impactful studies.
Mental and Behavioral Health
The Mental and Behavioral Health Data Report demonstrates that PCORnet has the potential to support national-scale patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) efforts and generate real-world evidence to improve our understanding of the effectiveness of interventions for mental and behavioral health conditions.
This report presents aggregate data on patients with recorded diagnosis codes for mental and behavioral health conditions, as well as the demographic characteristics, healthcare use, and prescribing of common psychiatric medications for these patients. Data from 59 sites participating in PCORnet are included in this report, reflecting the experience of nearly 29.5 million patients.
Read the Mental and Behavioral Health Data Report.
Pediatric Population
A Pediatric Population Data Report is also available. This report demonstrates the magnitude of pediatric patients that are currently connected to sites participating in PCORnet that may be available for future research activities.
The Pediatric Population Data Report describes the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of more than 12 million pediatric patients from birth to 20 years old who received care in 2023 at a site participating in PCORnet.
Read the Pediatric Population Data Report.
Data reports are also available for other areas of research, including maternal morbidity and mortality, telehealth, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Most offer the largest national query of real-world data on conditions, populations, or service utilization. Read them all.
Interested in conducting national-scale research in one of the areas highlighted in the data reports? PCORnet may be used by all interested investigators, regardless of affiliation or source of funding. Contact the PCORnet® Front Door to start the conversation.