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

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons Incorporated, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (914 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.1072/4
• Soggetto topico: Drug development; Medicine - Research
• Persona (resp. second.): ElseviersMonique
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Drug utilization research
• ISBN: 1-118-94977-3; 1-118-94976-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136774103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: THEi Wiley ebooks.