Drug utilization research : methods and applications

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

Drug Utilization Research (DUR) is an eclectic scientific discipline, integrating descriptive and analytical methods for the quantification, understanding and evaluation of the processes of prescribing, dispensing and consumption of medicines and for the testing of interventions to enhance the quali...

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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.
Pharmacology.
MEDICAL.
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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