Revitalizing the General Practice Research Database: plans, challenges, and opportunities.
The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) is the world's largest computerized database of anonymized longitudinal patient records from general practice and is a unique public health research tool. Several issues have threatened the viability of the database in recent years; in April 1999 responsibility for its management and financial control was transferred to the UK Medicines Control Agency (MCA). This presentation outlines the MCA's plans and future vision for the GPRD.
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General Practice Research Database, Medicines Control Agency, Room 15-103 Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, London SW8 5NQ, UK. louise.wood@gprd.com
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