Discordance of upper respiratory tract infection diagnosis and treatment based on taiwan's national health insurance data

• In: SIG Pharmacoepidemiology/Pharmacoeconomics - Poster Session
• At: Cairo (Egypt) (2005)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PP-P-005
• By: HUANG, Weng-Foung (Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, Taipei, China Taiwan)
• Co-author(s): Hsiao, Fei-Yuan (Institute of Public Health, Taipei, China Taiwan)
  Tsai (National Health Research Inst., Taipei, China Taiwan)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: Pharmacoepidemiologic study using administrative data relies on the correct classification of diagnosis. In Feb. 2001, the Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) in Taiwan started a new policy for controlling antibiotic usage in upper respiratory tract infections (URI). However, lack of explicit definition of URI could induce bias

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