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ArticleClinical epidemiology2020

Existing Data Sources for Clinical Epidemiology: The PHARMO Database Network.

Josephina G Kuiper, Marina Bakker, Fernie J A Penning-van Beest, Ron M C Herings

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Article in Clinical epidemiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Josephina G KuiperDepartment Research, PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4487-3546
Marina BakkerDepartment Research, PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Fernie J A Penning-van BeestDepartment Research, PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Ron M C HeringsDepartment Research, PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2561-8734

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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).

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databaseelectronic health recordNetherlandsobservational researchpharmacoepidemiologyrecord linkage

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PMID32425609
PMCPMC7196787

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