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Odense Pharmacoepidemiological Database: A Review of Use and Content
Author(s) -
Hallas Jesper,
Hellfritzsch Maja,
Rix Morten,
Olesen Morten,
Reilev Mette,
Pottegård Anton
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1742-7843
pISSN - 1742-7835
DOI - 10.1111/bcpt.12764
Subject(s) - danish , medical prescription , medicine , record linkage , linkage (software) , pharmacoepidemiology , sampling frame , database , environmental health , computer science , pharmacology , population , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Abstract The Odense University Pharmacoepidemiological Database ( OPED ) is a prescription database established in 1990 by the University of Southern Denmark, covering reimbursed prescriptions from the county of Funen in Denmark and the region of Southern Denmark (1.2 million inhabitants). It is still active and thereby has more than 25 years of continuous coverage. In this MiniReview, we review its history, content, quality, coverage, governance and some of its uses. OPED 's data include the Danish Civil Registration Number ( CPR ), which enables unambiguous linkage with virtually all other health‐related registers in Denmark. Among its research uses, we review record linkage studies of drug effects, advanced drug utilization studies, some examples of method development and use of OPED as sampling frame to recruit patients for field studies or clinical trials. With the advent of other, more comprehensive sources of prescription data in Denmark, OPED may still play a role as in certain data‐intensive regional studies.