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General description
Base de Datos para la Investigación Farmacoepidemiológica en Atención Primaria (BIFAP) is a population-based database administered by the AEMPS (Spanish Agency for Medicines) of longitudinal electronic medical records (EMR) of patients attended in primary care. BIFAP's primary purpose is to serve as a source of information for independent studies on drug safety and support of medicines regulation activities.
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Related publications
- Base de Datos para la Investigación Farmacoepidemiológica en Atención Primaria (BIFAP): A data resource for pharmacoepidemiology in Spain
- The BIFAP project: Database for pharmaco-epidemiological research in primary care
- Use of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors and risk of COVID-19 requiring admission to hospital: a case-population study
- Risk of meningioma among users of high doses of cyproterone acetate as compared with the general population: evidence from a population-based cohort study
- Oral bisphosphonates are associated with increased risk of subtrochanteric and diaphyseal fractures in elderly women: a nested case–control study
- Prevalence of antibiotic use: a comparison across various European health care data sources
- Clinical Infections by Herpesviruses in Patients Treated with Valproic Acid: A Nested Case-Control Study in the Spanish Primary Care Database, BIFAP
- Risk of Ischemic Stroke Associated With Calcium Supplements With or Without Vitamin D: A Nested Case‐Control Study
- Differential effects of antidepressant subgroups on risk of acute myocardial infarction: A nested case–control study
- Risk of Myocardial Infarction Among New Users of Calcium Supplements Alone or Combined With Vitamin D: A Population‐Based Case‐Control Study
Data access
The regional administrations provide the Spanish healthcare system's electronic medical records (EMRs), performing specific data extraction and standardization processes. More information can be accessed at (http://www.bifap.org/).