Access to linked administrative healthcare utilization data for pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics research in Canada: anti‐viral drugs as an example

• Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
• Main Author: Rawson, Nigel S. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.1822; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fpds.1822; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pds.1822

Abstract Purpose Administrative healthcare utilization data from Canadian provinces have been used for pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics research, but limited transparency exists about opportunities for data access, who can access them, and processes to obtain data. An attempt was made to o...