The Advantages and Challenges of Using Real-World Data for Patient Care

Yunn-Fang Ho¹, Fu-Chang Hu^{2

3}, Ping-Ing Lee⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² International-Harvard Statistical Consulting Company, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine and School of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Yunn-Fang Ho et al. Clin Transl Sci. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;13(1):4-7.

doi: 10.1111/cts.12683. Epub 2019 Aug 27.

Yunn-Fang Ho¹, Fu-Chang Hu^{2

3}, Ping-Ing Lee⁴

¹ Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² International-Harvard Statistical Consulting Company, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine and School of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no competing interests for this work.

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