TY - JOUR
T1 - Databases in the Asia-pacific region: the potential for a distributed network approach
AU - Lai, Edward Chia-Cheng
AU - Man, Kenneth K C
AU - Chaiyakunapruk, Nathorn
AU - Cheng, Ching-Lan
AU - Chien, Hsu-Chih
AU - Chui, Celine S L
AU - Dilokthornsakul, Piyameth
AU - Hardy, N Chantelle
AU - Hsieh, Cheng-Yang
AU - Hsu, Chung Yi
AU - Kubota, Kiyoshi
AU - Lin, Tzu-Chieh
AU - Liu, Yanfang
AU - Park, Byung Joo
AU - Pratt, Nicole
AU - Roughead, Elizabeth Ellen
AU - Shin, Ju-Young
AU - Watcharathanakij, Sawaeng
AU - Wen, Jin
AU - Wong, Ian Chi Kei
AU - Yang, Yea-Huei Kao
AU - Zhang, Yinghong
AU - Setoguchi, Soko
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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 coding systems and terminologies have been already converted to international coding systems. The harmonization of health expenditure data is a major obstacle for future investigations attempting to evaluate issues related to medical costs. Copyright ? 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - 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 coding systems and terminologies have been already converted to international coding systems. The harmonization of health expenditure data is a major obstacle for future investigations attempting to evaluate issues related to medical costs. Copyright ? 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
UR - http://goo.gl/lQAlUv
U2 - 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000325
DO - 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000325
M3 - Article
SN - 1044-3983
VL - 26
SP - 815
EP - 820
JO - Epidemiology
JF - Epidemiology
IS - 6
ER -
