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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @GidMK and

      Because I don't think the authors or Surgisphere are claiming that the public health authorities "sent" them data specifically for this study. Their system automatically integrates data from all of their participating hospitals.

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @reverendofdoubt and

      I think this is pretty clear in terms of the state data. Neither Vic not NSW provided data to the database - extracted or automatedpic.twitter.com/9IZhqIjCbG

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 May 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @ADAlthousePhD and

      But also, I feel like I haven't explained well. Individual Aussie hospitals are owned and operated by the states, so if the state health department says they don't use the database they mean none of the hospitals do either

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    4. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 28 May 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @reverendofdoubt and

      Yes, that's the thing I'm trying to understand (from across the world and in a different healthcare system). In the US, a hospital could join such a "collaborative" and provide their data without the "state health department" having any say in the matter.

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @reverendofdoubt and

      Nah they couldn't here. Private hospitals could, but there aren't that many and they haven't treated any COVID cases (many don't have ICUs)

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 28 May 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @reverendofdoubt and

      Yeah, so this is definitely a key point in understanding. If it's known that the private hospitals from Oz that could have joined such an initiative haven't treated any COVID cases, it at least points to questions about reliability of the data.

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    7. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @GidMK and

      As my understanding of this whole thing evolves, I just want to make clear that I believe that "a database exists" and that "an analysis was done" (e.g. I don't think we're looking at a fraud here). I do think the questions about reliability are an issue.

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    8. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @GidMK and

      And questions like this do bring up reasonable "can we really trust the results of this analysis" (e.g. are we sure that the COVID cases in the dataset are really COVID cases, are we sure that they're correctly identifying HCQ and non-HCQ treated patients, do we have faith in...

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    9. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @GidMK and

      ...the data on comorbidities that is used in an effort to risk-adjust the estimates of HCQ treatment effect) and so on.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    10. Andrew Althouse‏ @ADAlthousePhD 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @GidMK and

      For example: if the only hospitals from Oz that are part of this collaborative are private hospitals, and you know that very few if any COVID cases have been treated at private hospitals, that casts some doubt on whether the database correctly identifies COVID cases.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 28 May 2020
      Replying to @ADAlthousePhD @reverendofdoubt and

      My guess is that all the hospitals that are classified as Australia aren't actually Aussie, which raises very serious questions about the data quality for the rest of the data

      5:18 AM - 28 May 2020
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