Shi, TingMillington, TristanRobertson, ChrisJeffrey, KarenKatikireddi, Srinivasa VittalMcCowan, ColinSimpson, Colin RWoolford, LanaDaines, LukeKerr, StevenSwallow, BenFagbamigbe, AdeniyiVallejos, Catalina AWeatherill, DavidJayacodi, SandraMarsh, KimberlyMcMenamin, JimRudan, IgorRitchie, Lewis DuthieMueller, TanjaKurdi, AmanjSheikh, AzizPublic Health Scotland and the EAVE II Collaborators2024-02-192024-02-192024-07Shi, T, Millington, T, Robertson, C, Jeffrey, K, Katikireddi, S V, McCowan, C, Simpson, C R, Woolford, L, Daines, L, Kerr, S, Swallow, B, Fagbamigbe, A, Vallejos, C A, Weatherill, D, Jayacodi, S, Marsh, K, McMenamin, J, Rudan, I, Ritchie, L D, Mueller, T, Kurdi, A, Sheikh, A & Public Health Scotland and the EAVE II Collaborators 2024, 'Risk of winter hospitalisation and death from acute respiratory infections in Scotland : national retrospective cohort study', Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 117, no. 7, pp. 232-246. https://doi.org/10.1177/014107682312235840141-0768ORCID: /0000-0001-9184-8258/work/189621975https://hdl.handle.net/2164/22786Our thanks to the EAVE II Patient Advisory Group for their support. Additional support has been provided through Public Health Scotland and Scottish Government DG Health and Social Care and the Data and Connectivity National Core Study, led by Health Data Research UK in partnership with the Office for National Statistics and funded by UK Research and Innovation. We also thank Vicky Hammersley, Paula Mika and Gabriella Lining for their support with project management and administration. We acknowledge James Osmond from Department of Health and Social Care for his inputs on providing ICD-10 codes and comments. AS, CR and TS conceived this study. AS, CR, TS and TM commented on the article, oversaw the analysis and edited the final article. TS and AS led the writing of the article. TM led the data analysis with support from CR, BS and AF. All authors contributed to the study design. All authors contributed to drafting the article and revised the article for important intellectual content. All authors had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.15715900engepidemiologyhealth informaticsrespiratory medicineR MedicineRJournal article10.1177/014107682312235841177