Relationship of Drug-Drug Interactions with Hospital Diagnoses Associated to Adverse Drug Reactions: a Retrospective Study of Billing Data in Austria
Journal Title: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology(IJCPT) - Year 2015, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify hospitalisations in Austria caused by adverse drug reactions (ADR) and to analyse preceding medication for the risk of drug-drug interactions (DDI) based on healthcare billing databases. Methods: A retrospective study was performed using the billing data of the Austrian health system. The research database of the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Organisations was used, which contains hospital discharge diagnoses and all medications reimbursed from prescriptions for 5,046,325 adult Austrian patients in 2006 and 2007. Results: 0.4% of the population was discharged with at least one diagnosis indicating an ADR during the observation period. 1.5% of hospitalised patients had a diagnosis related to an ADR. Of these, a DDI was identified in 68% (13,511 subjects) and a severe interaction in 12% (2,412 subjects), respectively. Conclusions: Billing data provide important information to complement reporting systems for drug safety. These database searches may contribute to signal and hypothesis generation.
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Michael Wolzt
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