Simpson, Colin R.Robertson, ChrisKerr, StevenShi, TingVasileiou, EleftheriaMoore, EmilyMcCowan, ColinAgrawal, UtkarshDocherty, AnnemarieMulholland, RachelMurray, JosieRitchie, Lewis DuthieMcMenamin, JimHippisley-Cox, JuliaSheikh, Aziz2023-06-142023-06-142022-05Simpson, C R, Robertson, C, Kerr, S, Shi, T, Vasileiou, E, Moore, E, McCowan, C, Agrawal, U, Docherty, A, Mulholland, R, Murray, J, Ritchie, L D, McMenamin, J, Hippisley-Cox, J & Sheikh, A 2022, 'External validation of the QCovid risk prediction algorithm for risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality in adults : national validation cohort study in Scotland', Thorax, vol. 77, no. 5, pp. 497-504. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-2175800040-6376https://hdl.handle.net/2164/20865Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank staff at Public Health Scotland, Albasoft Ltd, the general practices that contributed data to the study and the EAVE II Collaborators. AS, JM and CR serve on The Scottish Government’s COVID-19 Chief Medical Officer’s Advisory Group and the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) Risk Stratification Subgroup. Ethics approval Ethical permission for this study was granted from South East Scotland Research Ethics Committee 02 (12/SS/0201). The Public Benefit and Privacy Panel Committee of Public Health Scotland, approved the linkage and analysis of the deidentified datasets for this project (1920-0279).82798251engSubstantive connection via an eligible employment contractclinical epidemiologyCOVID-19RB PathologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSupplementary DataGithubRBJournal article10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217580http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122953580&partnerID=8YFLogxK775