Asthma and Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Cohort Study in Taiwan.

Several epidemiologic studies in Western countries have examined the association between asthma and prostate cancer risk, but the results have been inconclusive. We investigated this association in a large, nationwide, population-based case-cohort study. Using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from 1997 to 2008, we collected data from 12,372 men, including 4124 with asthma and 8248 age-, residence-, and insurance premium-matched control subjects, who were never diagnosed with asthma.

Medical specialty-related adherence to anti-osteoporotic regimens in fragility hip fracture patients.

There is poor adherence in the management of osteoporotic fractures. We designed a study to investigate adherence to osteoporotic regimens among osteoporotic hip fracture patients and to analyze the risk factors associated with poor compliance. This retrospective chart-review study was carried out using a database of osteoporotic hip fracture patients at a medical center in Taiwan for the period 2001-2007.

Non-adherence to anti-osteoporotic medications in Taiwan: physician specialty makes a difference.

Adherence to anti-osteoporotic regimens gradually decreases over time. We hypothesized that the determinants of non-compliance or non-persistence at different times vary and identified these differences. We used an outpatient database to retrieve information on anti-osteoporotic medications prescribed by a medical centre in southern Taiwan during 2001-2007.

Adherence to anti-osteoporotic regimens in a Southern Taiwanese population treated according to guidelines: a hospital-based study.

Aim: This study was designed to investigate adherence to anti-osteoporotic regimens in a population following therapeutic guidelines; and to assess whether this experience differs from that in other administrative surveys.

Methods: We reviewed an outpatient database to retrieve information on prescription of anti-osteoporotic medications at a medical centre in Taiwan from 2001 to 2007. Adherence was determined by compliance and persistence.