Topic

Health administrative data research

Studies built on records that health systems collect as a by-product of care, such as prescription claims and physician billing, used to observe whole populations rather than recruited trial participants.

Current clusters

science1 publisher

Ontario prescription records narrow 65 suspected prescribing cascades to 24 worth checking

Prescribing cascades are easy to describe and hard to check for. A BMJ team screened Ontario prescribing records and came out with 24 specific drug pairs common enough, and lopsided enough in order, to be worth a look.

Publishers:discovermagazine.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+8
Incentives45
Confidence55