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From: A cluster-randomized educational intervention to reduce inappropriate prescription patterns for elderly patients in general practice – The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study [NCT00281450]

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Logistics of data collection. Flow-chart of merging process of prescription data provided by the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) and data from the electronic patient record (EPR) systems. Patients' Civil Personal Registration (CPR) numbers are unique Norwegian residents' identification keys. Health Personnel Registration (HPR) numbers are unique Norwegian health personnel registration keys. Identifiable data will be deleted from the research database when the merge is completed, as the de-identified personal IDs will be sufficient for the subsequent data analysis. Statistics Norway, which is the public institution in Norway responsible for collecting, analyzing and disseminating official statistics, will provide CPR and HPR pseudonyms making it possible to merge the two data sources.

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