Drug utilization research : methods and applications

Drug utilization research : methods and applications / editors, Monique Elseviers [and 12 others].

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Elseviers, Monique (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016.
Subjects:
Drug development.
Drug utilization.
Medicine > Research.
Medical policy.
Drugs > Side effects > Reporting.
Drug monitoring.
Pharmacovigilance.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Pharmacovigilance
Medical policy
Drugs > Side effects > Reporting
Drug monitoring
Drug utilization
Drug development
Medicine > Research
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Advisory board
  • Reviewers
  • About the companion website
  • Part 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to drug utilization research
  • Room for improvement in drug utilization
  • The history of drug utilization research
  • Definition and delineation
  • Skills needed to be a drug utilization researcher
  • Areas of inquiry in drug utilization research reflected in this book
  • Part 2: Methodology
  • Chapter 2: Study designs in drug utilization research
  • Introduction
  • Quantitative and qualitative research.
  • Observational studies: from descriptive to analytical approaches
  • Study designs for descriptive drug utilization studies
  • Study designs for analytical drug utilization studies
  • Experimental and quasiexperimental study designs in drug utilization research
  • Other study designs for drug utilization research
  • Chapter 3: Primary data collection for drug utilization research
  • Introduction
  • Identifying primary data sources for drug utilization research
  • Collecting valuable primary data in drug utilization research.
  • Instruments and forms for primary data collection in drug utilization research
  • Modes of primary data collection for drug utilization research
  • Ethical considerations
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Secondary data sources for drug utilization research
  • Introduction
  • Sales data
  • Electronic health records
  • Pharmacy dispensing data
  • Reimbursement data
  • Patient registries
  • Secondary analysis of population health survey data
  • Record linkage in drug utilization research
  • Privacy, confidentiality and security
  • Data quality
  • Chapter 5: Classification systems for drugs and diseases.
  • Introduction
  • ATC
  • Other drug classification systems
  • Other classification systems relevant for drug utilization research
  • Linkage of classification systems
  • Chapter 6: Measurement units of drug utilization
  • Introduction
  • DDD: definition and general considerations
  • Principles of DDD assignment
  • Alterations and misuse of DDDs
  • Other aggregate measures for prescribing
  • Other drug utilization metrics
  • Use of drugs in animals
  • How to report aggregated drug use
  • DDDs for special population groups
  • Chapter 7: Individual-level drug utilization analyses
  • Introduction.
  • General principles
  • Epidemiological measures
  • Other measures
  • Strengths and limitations of individual-level statistics
  • Chapter 8: Measurement of drug expenditure
  • Introduction
  • Definitions and perspectives
  • Price-related units of pharmaceutical expenditure
  • Methodological challenges related to pharmaceutical expenditure
  • Chapter 9: Basic statistical methods in drug utilization research
  • Introduction
  • Why we need statistical methods in drug utilization and health services research
  • Use of population data versus sample data
  • Types of variables.

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