Odense Pharmacoepidemiological Database: A Review of Use and Content.
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.
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.|Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Jesper
J
Hallas
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.
Maja
M
Hellfritzsch
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.|Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Morten
M
Rix
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.
Morten
M
Olesen
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.|The Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.
Mette
M
Reilev
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.
Anton
A
Pottegård
D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D017891:Pharmacoepidemiology; D055553:Prescription Drugs
D055553:Prescription Drugs