Publications by authors named "Jill H Hardin"
BMC Med Res Methodol
October 2023
Article Synopsis
- Researchers created a mother-infant linkage algorithm to improve drug safety studies using healthcare claims databases, addressing the challenge of not being able to identify mother-infant pairs.
- The study analyzed data from two large US commercial insurance databases from 2000 to 2021, effectively linking over 3.4 million mothers to about 4.2 million infants based on specific criteria like shared insurance and overlapping coverage.
- The findings indicated that linked mothers and infants were mostly similar to non-linked groups, though linked mothers tended to be older and had more extended observation periods, while linked infants showed higher healthcare utilization.
