Gran enciclopèdia catalana

• Record Nr.: UNINA990005833500403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Barcelona : Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1996
• ISBN: 84-85194-81-0
• Edizione: [9. Reimpr.]
• Descrizione fisica: 24 v. ; 30 cm
• Disciplina: 034.99
• Locazione: FLFBC
• Collocazione: 034.99 GEC 1(1); 034.99 GEC 1(2); 034.99 GEC 1(3); 034.99 GEC 1(4); 034.99 GEC 1(5); 034.99 GEC 1(6); 034.99 GEC 1(7); 034.99 GEC 1(8); 034.99 GEC 1(9); 034.99 GEC 1(10); 034.99 GEC 1(11); 034.99 GEC 1(12); 034.99 GEC 1(13); 034.99 GEC 1(14); 034.99 GEC 1(15); 034.99 GEC 1(16); 034.99 GEC 1(17); 034.99 GEC 1(18); 034.99 GEC 1(19); 034.99 GEC 1(20); 034.99 GEC 1(21); 034.99 GEC 1(22); 034.99 GEC 1(23); 034.99 GEC 1(24)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Catalano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136774103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons Incorporated, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-118-94977-3; 1-118-94976-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (914 p.)
• Collana: THEi Wiley ebooks
• Disciplina: 615.1072/4
• Soggetti: Drug development; Medicine - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 approachesStudy 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 researchEthical 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 researchLinkage 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 statisticsChapter 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; Describing data with descriptive statistics; Investigating the difference between the means and medians of numerical variables