July 1, 2011Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Register-based studies of cardiovascular disease
Population
Populations in Nordic database systems
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
National register linkage aids AMI surveillance and NSAID risk monitoring; leaves open causal inference and practice change due to confounding.
Structured PICO
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Population
Populations in Nordic database systems
Nationwide registers in Nordic countries are highly useful for monitoring cardiovascular disease hospitalization rates, treatment trends, and drug safety, though unmeasured confounding remains a limitation.
Limitations
- The risk of unmeasured factors affecting the results calls for cautious interpretation of the results.
Cite This Study
Abildstrøm et al. (2011) studied this question.