Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database: past and future

• Published in: Clinical epidemiology Vol. 11; pp. 349 - 358
• Main Authors: Hsieh, Cheng-Yang, Su, Chien-Chou, Shao, Shih-Chieh, Sung, Sheng-Feng, Lin, Swu-Jane, Yang Kao, Yea-Huei, Lai, Edward Chia-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.05.2019; Dove; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Access control; Analysis; Artificial intelligence; Big data; Data centers; Electronic records; Evidence-based medicine; Information management; Machine learning; Management science; Medical records; National health insurance; National Health Insurance Research Database; real-world evidence; Review; unmeasured confounder; validation; Taiwan; database cross-linkage; real-world data; validation; Health and Welfare Data Center of Taiwan; big data analysis

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 NHI...