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

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wong, Martin C S ^a,b   Jiang, Johnny Y ^a,b   Tang, Jin Ling ^a,b   Lam, Augustine ^a,b   Fung, Hong ^a,b   Mercer, Stewart W ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 46949107210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-138     Document Type: Article

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