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The first linkage of healthcare databases that laid the basis for the PHARMO Database Network dates back to the first quarter of 1989 and was an initiative of Prof. Dr. B.Ch. Stricker and Dr. R.M.C. Herings. Drug exposure files of community pharmacies (now the Out-patient Pharmacy Database) were linked to the hospital administration records of the national Hospital Database creating the PHARmacoMOrbidity linkage. With these linked data, questions on the use, effectiveness, and safety of drugs in daily clinical practice could be answered.

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  1. PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Van Deventlaan 30-40, 3528 AE, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Marina Bakker & Ron Herings

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    Tania Schink

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Bakker, M., Herings, R. (2021). PHARMO Database Network. In: Sturkenboom, M., Schink, T. (eds) Databases for Pharmacoepidemiological Research. Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51455-6_7

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