Use of privacy‐preserving record linkage to examine the dispensing of pharmaceutical benefits scheme medicines to pregnant women in Western Australia
Erin Kelty,
Michele Hansen,
Sean Randall
et al.
Abstract:PurposeMedications are commonly used during pregnancy to manage pre‐existing conditions and conditions that arise during pregnancy. However, not all medications are safe to use in pregnancy. This study utilized privacy‐preserving record linkage (PPRL) to examine medications dispensed under the national Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to pregnant women in Western Australia (WA) overall and by medication safety category.MethodsIn this retrospective, cross‐sectional, population‐based study, state perinatal r… Show more
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