Registry-based research – a challenge of great potential
Research using registry data can contribute a great deal to the improvement of health and healthcare. Sweden is uniquely positioned in this respect, but the resources remain under-exploited, and there are methodological and financing problems that need resolving.Extensive databases in the form of population, patient and quality registries in healthcare have become goldmines for research in Sweden; however, mining the gold takes knowledge, method, money and, not least, money.“The complexity of registry-based research shouldn’t be underestimated,” says conference-arranger Professor Jesper