Application of a Data-Mining Technique to Analyze Coprescription Patterns for Antacids in Taiwan

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2453-2463

  Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,b   Chou, Li Fang ^c   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,b,d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antacids; Association rule; Coprescription; Data mining; Insurance claims database; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANTIVERTIGO AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; LINCOSAMIDE; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; VASODILATOR AGENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; MINING; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRESCRIPTION; SCALE UP; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0142012105     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(03)80287-4     Document Type: Article

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