V-Damage UK: NHS Sickness Absence Rates Analysis
Project Summary
The purpose of this project is to analyse UK NHS absences from sickness data in the context of the V-damage project UK. The NHS data will then be hosted in internal servers so that researchers can query the data, through an API, for different research proects. As the NHS data has monthly granularity as well as listing the underlying cause for sickness and type of NHS staff, its analysis will provide a trove of information on the changes in behavior since 2020.
Additionally, the NHS absence data is syncronous in nature, that is, the rise or fall in sickness rates over time are related to circumstances at that time. The comparison of UK NHS absences with UK PIP disability claims and UK excess deaths will provide very interesting analysis in when framed in the context of the V-damage project.
Project Timeline
We expect to finish this project in 6 months.
Months 1 to 3:
- Collect and organise data.
- Perform preliminary analysis showing overall trends in absences due to sickness in NHS staff.
- Build server database, API and dashboard for users to visualise/download data.
Months 4 to 6:
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Analysis of trends in absence rates by cause of sickness, UK region and type of NHS staff.
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Web page with dashboard showing different graphs and figures that characterise the trends in NHS absence sickness rates.
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Write report.
Project Costs
The costs to consider are values that represents fraction of the effective costs. Some of the project resources are shared with other projects.
Research and data management (400 man-hour - 10,000 USD)
- Data collecting, cleaning, processing (data management and API development);
- Data analysis and modeling (data architecture implementation and data visualization).
Research and report production (100 man-hour - 2,500 USD)
- Convert technical data analisys to a report, simplifying scientific language for better comprehension;
- Collaborate with data analysts to validate the information presented in the report, ensuring that the content is not misrepresented while also improving the language proficiency.
Development, maintenance, and support costs (400 man-hour - 10,000 USD)
- Maintenance and support of the website, including fixing bugs and updating the software and databases;
- Ensure the security of the website and the data stored on it, implementing firewalls, encrypting sensitive data, and securing access to the website;
- Data architecture implementation.
Hosting and infrastructure (3,190 USD):
- Licenses for development tools, frameworks, and libraries will be largely open source but some cloud services, security and IDE subscription libraries may have associated costs (1,020 USD).
- Host and run the website, rent server space, set up databases, and configure networks. Data storage and processing infrastructure will rely on cloud storage or an on-premises data center (940 USD).
Total estimates costs are: 28,190 USD.
Project Funding Status
The project starts officially when all funding is achieved. But some tasks are already on-going by Phinance Technologies Team:
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