Understanding Pathways into Care-homes using Data (UnPiCD study): a two-part model to estimate inpatient and care-home costs using national linked health and social care data.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval was obtained from South Central—Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee (16/SC/0242). Informed consent was waived by South Central—Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee (16/SC/0242). Permission for linking national data was granted by the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Scotland (1516–0438) and Scottish Government Social Care Analysis Division. All data were provided by the electronic data research and innovation service (eDRIS). Anonymised data without personal identifiers were provided to the research team in the secure National Safe Haven, with remote researcher access. All outputs were subject to information governance and disclosure control by eDRIS. All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the Dunhill Medical Trust [grant number RPGF2002\197]. JKB is supported by an NHS Education for Scotland/Chief Scientists Office Postdoctoral Clinical Lectureship (PCL/21/01). The funders had no role in the design, conduct or interpretation of the study and the views expressed are those of the authors."