Reporting transparency and completeness in trials: Paper 3 – trials conducted using administrative databases do not adequately report elements related to use of databases

There is growing interest in the use of administrative databases to evaluate health care interventions [1]. Health system administrative databases include information collected for administrative or billing purposes (e.g., Medicare data in the United States) that is routinely collected during clinic, hospital, laboratory, or pharmacy visits. These data can provide a readily available source of “real-world” data on a large population over expansive geographic regions [2]. Administrative databases are increasingly accessible to researchers and are being more frequently utilized in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as an inexpensive and reliable resource of data at multiple stages of t rials, from identifying and recruiting eligible participants to determining study outcomes [3,4].

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - September 10, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Mahrukh Imran, Kimberly Mc Cord, Stephen J. McCall, Linda Kwakkenbos, Margaret Sampson, Ole Fr öbert, Chris Gale, Lars G. Hemkens, Sinéad M Langan, David Moher, Clare Relton, Merrick Zwarenstein, Edmund Juszczak, Brett D. Thombs, on behalf of CONSORT Ex Tags: Original Article Source Type: research