Data resource profile: the Edinburgh Child Protection Dataset - a new linked administrative data source of children referred to Child Protection paediatric services in Edinburgh, Scotland
Introduction Child maltreatment affects a substantial number of children.However current evidence relies on either longitudinal studies, which are complex and resource-intensive, or linked data studies based on social services data, Green Foods which is arguably the tip of the iceberg in terms of children who are maltreated.Reliable, linked, popula