Health services research in the public healthcare system in Hong Kong: An analysis of over 1 million antihypertensive prescriptions between 2004–2007 as an example of the potential and pitfalls of using routinely collected electronic patient data

BACKGROUND: Increasing use is being made of routinely collected electronic patient data in health services research. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential usefulness of a comprehensive database used routinely in the public healthcare system in Hong Kong, using antihypertensive d...

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Autores principales: Wong, Martin CS, Jiang, Johnny Y, Tang, Jin-ling, Lam, Augustine, Fung, Hong, Mercer, Stewart W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18578878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-138

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