Utilizing data linkage method within a conventional tuberculosis cohort analysis : opportunities and challenges in evaluating treatment outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients using Japan's tuberculosis surveillance data /
Cohort analysis of a tuberculosis surveillance data involves a systematic review of the management of patients with tuberculosis disease, with the main purpose being the evaluation of the final treatment outcome for each patient. The conventional cohort analysis simply utilizes the existing variable...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2020.
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| Series: | SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Cohort analysis of a tuberculosis surveillance data involves a systematic review of the management of patients with tuberculosis disease, with the main purpose being the evaluation of the final treatment outcome for each patient. The conventional cohort analysis simply utilizes the existing variables that are collected through the routine surveillance system, including treatment outcome, along with other sociodemographic variables such as sex, age, and country of birth. However, in Japan, until 2016, cohort analysis has only been conducted for pulmonary tuberculosis patients. This was because the evaluation of treatment outcome was only conducted once for each patient, at the end of 12 months, at which point the majority of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients were still on treatment. We thus turned to data linkage technique; in other words, we sought to link several different datasets to track multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients beyond 12 months and evaluate their final treatment outcome using a combination of variables other than the conventional "treatment outcome" variable. This has allowed us to evaluate the treatment outcome of multidrug-resistant patients at national level for the first time in Japan, with important policy implications. In this case study, we discuss the basic principles of a cohort analysis as an activity of tuberculosis surveillance data analysis and how data linkage technique could be utilized within the usual cohort analysis. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529724776 1529724775 |