Concordance between discharge prescriptions and insurance claims in post‐myocardial infarction patients

PURPOSE: To assess the degree of concordance between the information (drug quantity, days' supply, and daily dose) recorded on hospital discharge prescriptions and what appears in a public drug insurance electronic claims database. METHODS: A retrospective chart audit of hospital discharge prescriptions with linkage to a prescription claims database was conducted. Three hundred and forty-five post-myocardial infarction patients discharged from …