<p>Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database: past and future</p>
Sin-Lau Christian Hospital · National Cheng Kung University · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract: Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) exemplifies a population-level data source for generating real-world evidence to support clinical decisions and health care policy-making. Like with all claims databases, there have been some validity concerns of studies using the NHIRD, such as the accuracy of diagnosis codes and issues around unmeasured confounders. Endeavors to validate diagnosed codes or to develop methodologic approaches to address unmeasured confounders have largely increased the reliability of NHIRD studies. Recently, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) established a Health and Welfare Data Center (HWDC), a data repository site that centralizes the NHIRD…
Citation impact
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- 36.94
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- 100%
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Authors
7- CHCheng‐Yang HsiehCorresponding
Sin-Lau Christian Hospital, National Cheng Kung University
- CSChien‐Chou Su
National Cheng Kung University
- SSShih‐Chieh Shao
Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, National Cheng Kung University
- SSSheng‐Feng Sung
National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital
- SLSwu‐Jane Lin
University of Illinois Chicago
Topics & keywords
- Christian ministry
- Confounding
- Computer science
- National health insurance
- Health care
- Data source
- Population
- Database