Table 1.
Overview of the TMUCRD table data
| Category/table name | Description |
| Demographics | |
| CHR_BASIC | Basic demographic characteristic of unique patients in the database (defines ID_NO) |
| NDR_CASE | Patients and their cause of death registered by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare linked to the database |
| BIO_INF | Vital signs recorded for a given patient in different visits |
| Diagnosis | |
| OPD_BASIC | Patients’ diagnosis at outpatient departments (defines FEE_NO) |
| IPD_BASIC | Patients’ diagnosis at admissions (defines FEE_NO) |
| CHR_ICD | Summary information of patients discharge from admissions |
| EPD_HIS | Patients’ diagnosis at emergency department (defines FEE_NO) |
| Medication | |
| OPD_MED | Medication order for a given patient at the outpatient department (defines FEE_NO) |
| OPD_WARNING | Drug allergy recorded of patients at the outpatient department |
| UD_ORDER | Medication order for a given patient at admissions (defines FEE_NO) |
| UD_ORDER_LOG | Drug uses recorded of patients at admissions |
| Procedure | |
| OPD_FEE | Procedure orders for a given patient at the outpatient department, using local hospital codes |
| IPD_FEE | Procedure orders for a given patient at admissions, using local hospitals codes |
| Measurement | |
| OPD_EXPER/EXPER_ORDER | Laboratory measurement orders for patients both at the outpatient and admissions |
| LABRESULT/EXPER_SIGN | Laboratory measurement values for patients both at the outpatient and admissions |
| Image examination and radiology | |
| LAB_SCHE | Examination orders for patients both at the outpatient and admissions |
| CARDIAC_ECHO_REPORT | All recorded echocardiography report information for a given patient |
| X_RAY | All recorded X-Ray report information for a given patient |
| RAD_REPORT | All recorded radiographic imaging report information for a given patient |
| MMSE | All recorded mental examination report information for a given patient |
| Surgery | |
| OP_BASIC | All recorded surgery report information for a given patient (except nursing reports) |
| Cancer | |
| CR_TCASE | Patients and their cancer information registered by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare linked to the database |
| Pathology | |
| PATT_REPORT | All recorded pathology report information for a given patient |
| Vocabulary | |
| FEE_BASIC | Dictionary of the procedure, laboratory and other Item codes, including local hospitals and Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) codes |
| ICD9_BASIC | Dictionary of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 9th revision codes relating to diagnosis |
| ICD10_BASIC | Dictionary of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision codes relating to diagnosis |
| MED_BASIC | Dictionary of the Medication codes, including local hospitals and Taiwan NHI codes |
| EXPERIMENT/EXPER_REFERDATA | Dictionary of the examination codes, including local hospitals and Taiwan NHI codes |
| BED_BASIC | Information on the different types of beds in the database |
| DEPT_BASIC | Information on the different departments in the database |
| DOC_BASIC | Information on every physician and pharmacist who had recorded data in the database |
TMUCRD, Taipei Medical University Clinical Research Database.