Existing Data Sources for Clinical Epidemiology: The PHARMO Database Network
| Autor: | Josephina G. Kuiper, Ron M C Herings, Marina Bakker, Fernie J. A. Penning-van Beest |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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education.field_of_study
Data collection Database Epidemiology business.industry Population Pharmacy 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology computer.software_genre Cancer registry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Medicine Observational study 030212 general & internal medicine Catchment area business education computer Record linkage |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Epidemiology. 12:415-422 |
| ISSN: | 1179-1349 |
| DOI: | 10.2147/clep.s247575 |
| Popis: | The PHARMO Database Network provides a unique opportunity to gain insight in the complete patient journey and healthcare in the Netherlands. The PHARMO Database Network is a population-based network of electronic healthcare databases and combines anonymous data from different primary and secondary healthcare settings in the Netherlands. Healthcare settings include general practitioners, out-patient and in-patient pharmacies, hospitals and clinical laboratories. Furthermore, databases are linked with external registries such as the Cancer Registry, Pathology Registry and Perinatal Registry. The different data sources are linked on a patient level through probabilistic linkage based on validated algorithms. The longitudinal and ongoing nature of the PHARMO Database Network system enables to follow up more than 10 million residents of the Netherlands for an average of 12 years. Data collection period, catchment area and overlap between data sources differ. Access to the PHARMO Database Network is, by governance regulations of the data collection, restricted to researchers of the PHARMO Institute and academic affiliates. Each data request is checked against privacy and company policies, and requires approval of the privacy and governance board. The terms and conditions and a data application form are available on the PHARMO website (www.pharmo.com). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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