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Titolo: | 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 |
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