作者
Edward Chia-Cheng Lai, Kenneth KC Man, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Ching-Lan Cheng, Hsu-Chih Chien, Celine SL Chui, Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, N Chantelle Hardy, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Chung Y Hsu, Kiyoshi Kubota, Tzu-Chieh Lin, Yanfang Liu, Byung Joo Park, Nicole Pratt, Elizabeth E Roughead, Ju-Young Shin, Sawaeng Watcharathanakij, Jin Wen, Ian CK Wong, Yea-Huei Kao Yang, Yinghong Zhang, Soko Setoguchi
发表日期
2015/11/1
期刊
Epidemiology
卷号
26
期号
6
页码范围
815-820
出版商
LWW
简介
Background:
This study describes the availability and characteristics of databases in Asian-Pacific countries and assesses the feasibility of a distributed network approach in the region.
Methods:
A web-based survey was conducted among investigators using healthcare databases in the Asia-Pacific countries. Potential survey participants were identified through the Asian Pharmacoepidemiology Network.
Results:
Investigators from a total of 11 databases participated in the survey. Database sources included four nationwide claims databases from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan; two nationwide electronic health records from Hong Kong and Singapore; a regional electronic health record from western China; two electronic health records from Thailand; and cancer and stroke registries from Taiwan.
Conclusions:
We identified 11 databases with capabilities for distributed network approaches. Many country-specific …
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