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PHARMO Database Network

PHARMO Institute (now part of Lumanity)

HDB-0126

The PHARMO Database Network comprises anonymized linked healthcare records from 14 million patients across 1,400 primary and secondary care providers in the Netherlands, representing 250 million person-years of data including GP records, hospital admissions, pharmacy records, and specialized registries. Researchers access PHARMO through coordinated studies via institutional partnerships; the database has contributed to over 1,000 published studies covering drug safety, effectiveness, and utilization.

Category

Research database

Access

Credentialed

Region

Europe — Netherlands

Data types

primary care records, pharmacy records, hospital discharge, laboratory results

Netherlands pharmacoepidemiology linked healthcare data

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Record HDB-0126 · last verified 2026-08-23 · listed in Research databases

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