Ching Lan Cheng

TL;DR: The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) is commonly used for pharmacoepidemiological research in Taiwan and the validity of the database for patients with a principal diagnosis of ischemic stroke is evaluated.

TL;DR: The NHIRD appears to be a valid resource for population research in cardiovascular diseases by cross-comparisons of discharge diagnoses listed in the NHIRD with those in the medical records obtained from a medical center in Taiwan.

TL;DR: The accuracy of death records in the NHIRD was high, and appears to be a valid resource for population research in cardiovascular diseases.

TL;DR: In this article, the association of statins with intracerebral hemorrhage in randomized and observational data was investigated in 17 electronic bibliographic databases to identify eligible studies and consulted with experts in the field and used DerSimonian-Laird random effects models to compute summary risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals.

TL;DR: Most of these patients with AF in Taiwan did not receive appropriate antithrombotic therapy over the period studied, and risk factors for bleeding, hypertension, coronary artery disease, thyrotoxicosis, and older age were associated with low rates of warfarin use.