Contact Details
- Phone
- 64 3 479 7311
- dave.barson@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Fellow, Data Manager and Programmer
- Department
- Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
- Qualifications
- BA PGDip DipGrad
- Research summary
- Large data sources and routinely collected administrative data sets
Research
Dave originally graduated from the University of Otago with a BA and PGDip focusing on Old English and Medieval Literature. After several years working in the film industry, he returned to university to complete a DipGrad in Computer Science.
Dave now works as a Data Manager in Preventive and Social Medicine with specific research interests in Injury Prevention and Pharmacoepidemiology.
He specialises in utilising routinely collected administrative health data, data linkage across multiple sources, web-based data collection, and information storage and management for large data-driven longitudinal projects.
Publications
Derrett, S., Owen, H. E., Barson, D., Maclennan, B., Samaranayaka, A., Harcombe, H., & Wyeth, E. H. (2024). New Zealand’s Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study—10 years on (POIS-10): Descriptive outcomes to 12 years post-injury [Short report]. Injury Prevention. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-045058
Owen, H. E., Wyeth, E. H., Maclennan, B., Barson, D., McBride, P., Gabbe, B. J., … Derrett, S. (2023). Cohort profile: The Trauma Outcomes Project, a prospective study of New Zealanders experiencing major trauma. BMJ Open, 13, e075480. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075480
Harcombe, H., Barson, D., Samaranayaka, A., Davie, G., Wyeth, E., Derrett, S., & McBride, P. (2023). Predictors of hospital readmission after trauma: A retrospective cohort study in New Zealand. Injury, 54(6), 1546-1552. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.03.009
Sise, A., Donald, S., Coppell, K. J., Barson, D., Crengle, S., & Parkin, L. (2022). Are women with gestational diabetes being screened for type 2 diabetes following pregnancy? A nationwide retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 194, 110139. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.110139
Parkin, L., Williams, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., Jackson, R., … Dummer, J. (2022). Dual versus single long-acting bronchodilator use could raise acute coronary syndrome risk by over 50% [Authors reply]. Journal of Internal Medicine, 291, 707-708. doi: 10.1111/joim.13439
Derrett, S., Owen, H. E., Barson, D., Maclennan, B., Samaranayaka, A., Harcombe, H., & Wyeth, E. H. (2024). New Zealand’s Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study—10 years on (POIS-10): Descriptive outcomes to 12 years post-injury [Short report]. Injury Prevention. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-045058
Journal - Research Article
Harcombe, H., Barson, D., Samaranayaka, A., Davie, G., Wyeth, E., Derrett, S., & McBride, P. (2023). Predictors of hospital readmission after trauma: A retrospective cohort study in New Zealand. Injury, 54(6), 1546-1552. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.03.009
Journal - Research Article
Owen, H. E., Wyeth, E. H., Maclennan, B., Barson, D., McBride, P., Gabbe, B. J., … Derrett, S. (2023). Cohort profile: The Trauma Outcomes Project, a prospective study of New Zealanders experiencing major trauma. BMJ Open, 13, e075480. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075480
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Sise, A., Donald, S., Coppell, K. J., Barson, D., Crengle, S., & Parkin, L. (2022). Are women with gestational diabetes being screened for type 2 diabetes following pregnancy? A nationwide retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 194, 110139. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.110139
Journal - Research Article
Barak, Y., Barson, D., Davie, G., Glue, P., & Paleacu, D. (2021). Internalize at your peril: Internalizing disorders as risk factors for dementia: Cohort study. GeroScience, 43, 253-261. doi: 10.1007/s11357-020-00285-y
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Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2021). Antidepressant dispensing before, during, and after pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2014. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 61, 837-845. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13352
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Guo, J., Parkin, L., Zeng, J., Barson, D., & Horsburgh, S. (2021). Treatment pathways in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A nationwide cohort study of new users of metformin monotherapy in New Zealand. BMJ Open, 11, e051884. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051884
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Horsburgh, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Zeng, J., & Parkin, L. (2021). Patterns of metformin monotherapy discontinuation and reinitiation in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in New Zealand. PLoS ONE, 16(4), e0250289. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250289
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Parkin, L., Williams, S., Barson, D., Sharples, K., Horsburgh, S., Jackson, R., & Dummer, J. (2021). Is the use of two versus one long-acting bronchodilator by patients with COPD associated with a higher risk of acute coronary syndrome in real-world clinical practice? BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 8(1), e000840. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000840
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Parkin, L., Williams, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., Jackson, R., … Dummer, J. (2021). Dual versus single long-acting bronchodilator use could raise acute coronary syndrome risk by over 50%: A population-based nested case-control study. Journal of Internal Medicine, 290, 1028-1038. doi: 10.1111/joim.13348
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Penno, E., Sullivan, T., Barson, D., & Gauld, R. (2021). Private choices, public costs: Evaluating cost-shifting between private and public health sectors in New Zealand. Health Policy, 125, 406-414. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.12.008
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Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2020). Patterns of prescription medicine dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015. PLoS ONE, 15(6), e0234153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234153
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Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2020). Prescription medicines with potential for foetal harm: Dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76, 887-896. doi: 10.1007/s00228-020-02868-2
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Parkin, L., Quon, J., Sharples, K., Barson, D., & Dummer, J. (2020). Underuse of beta-blockers by patients with COPD and co-morbid acute coronary syndrome: A nationwide follow-up study in New Zealand. Respirology, 25, 173-182. doi: 10.1111/resp.13662
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Davie, G., Barson, D., Simpson, J. C., Lilley, R., Gulliver, P., & Cryer, C. (2019). Using hospital discharge data for injury research or surveillance? An observational study illustrating the impact of administrative change. Injury Prevention, 25, 540-545. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043201
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Horsburgh, S., Barson, D., Zeng, J., Sharples, K., & Parkin, L. (2019). Adherence to metformin monotherapy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in New Zealand. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 158, 107902. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107902
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Keddell, E., Davie, G., & Barson, D. (2019). Child protection inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand: Social gradient and the ‘inverse intervention law’. Children & Youth Services Review, 104, 104383. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.06.018
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Blank, M.-L., Parkin, L., Zeng, J., & Barson, D. (2018). Proton pump inhibitors and infant pneumonia/other lower respiratory tract infections: National nested case-control study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 67(3), 335-340. doi: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000001984
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Donald, S., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., Sharples, K., & Parkin, L. (2018). Generation of a pregnancy cohort for medicine utilisation and medicine safety studies in New Zealand. Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, 27, 1335-1343. doi: 10.1002/pds.4671
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Parkin, L., Barson, D., Zeng, J., Horsburgh, S., Sharples, K., & Dummer, J. (2018). Patterns of use of long-acting brochodilators in patients with COPD: A nationwide follow-up study of new users in New Zealand. Respirology, 23(6), 583-592. doi: 10.1111/resp.13235
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Quon, J., Parkin, L., Sharples, K., & Barson, D. (2018). Co-prescribing of contraindicated and use-with-caution drugs in a national cohort of new users of simvastatin: How well are prescribing guidelines followed? New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1474), 35-44. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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McKergow, E., Parkin, L., Barson, D. J., Sharples, K. J., & Wheeler, B. J. (2017). Demographic and regional disparities in insulin pump utilization in a setting of universal funding: A New Zealand nationwide study. Acta Diabetologica, 54(1), 63-71. doi: 10.1007/s00592-016-0912-7
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Parkin, L., Sharples, K. J., Barson, D. J., & Blank, M.-L. (2017). Simvastatin dose and acute kidney injury without concurrent serious muscle injury: A nationwide nested case-control study. PLoS ONE, 12(7), e0182066. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182066
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Samaranayaka, C., Samaranayaka, A., Barson, D., & De Silva, R. K. (2017). Factors influencing trends in trauma-associated orbital cavity reconstruction procedures and time delay: New Zealand national data 2000–2014. Trauma, 20(4), 258-267. doi: 10.1177/1460408617719477
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Cryer, C., Langley, J. D., Samaranayaka, A., Davie, G., Morgaine, K., Lilley, R., & Barson, D. (2014). An outcome evaluation of a New Zealand farm safety intervention: A historical cohort study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 57(4), 458-467. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22290
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Vu, T., Davie, G., Barson, D., Day, L., & Finch, C. F. (2013). Accuracy of evidence-based criteria for identifying an incident hip fracture in the absence of the date of injury: A retrospective database study. BMJ Open, 3, e003222. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003222
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Davie, G., Samaranayaka, A., Langley, J. D., & Barson, D. (2011). Estimating person-based injury incidence: Accuracy of an algorithm to identify readmissions from hospital discharge data. Injury Prevention, 17(5), 338-342. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040090
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Parkin, L., Williams, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., Jackson, R., … Dummer, J. (2022). Dual versus single long-acting bronchodilator use could raise acute coronary syndrome risk by over 50% [Authors reply]. Journal of Internal Medicine, 291, 707-708. doi: 10.1111/joim.13439
Journal - Research Other
Derrett, S., Harcombe, H., Wyeth, E., Davie, G., Samaranayaka, A., Hansen, P., … Sullivan, T., Wilson, S., & Barson, D. (2017). Subsequent Injury Study (SInS): Improving outcomes for injured New Zealanders. Injury Prevention, 23(6), 429. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042193
Journal - Research Other