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Drug utilization research : methods and applications / edited by Monique Elseviers [and twelve others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: United Kingdom : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2016Description: xix, 509 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781118949788
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RM 301.25 .D78 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Methodology -- Applied drug utilization research -- Epilogue
Summary: 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 quality of these processes. The discipline is closely related and linked mainly to the broader field of pharmacoepidemiology, but also to health outcomes research, pharmacovigilance and health economics. Drug Utilization Research is a unique, practical guide to the assessment and evaluation of prescribing practices and to interventions to improve the use of medicines in populations. Edited by an international expert team from the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE), DUR is the only title to cover both the methodology and applications of drug utilization research and covers areas such as health policy, specific populations, therapeutics and adherence.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation Pharmacy GC RM 301.25 .D78 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000016514

Includes index.

Introduction -- Methodology -- Applied drug utilization research -- Epilogue

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 quality of these processes. The discipline is closely related and linked mainly to the broader field of pharmacoepidemiology, but also to health outcomes research, pharmacovigilance and health economics. Drug Utilization Research is a unique, practical guide to the assessment and evaluation of prescribing practices and to interventions to improve the use of medicines in populations. Edited by an international expert team from the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE), DUR is the only title to cover both the methodology and applications of drug utilization research and covers areas such as health policy, specific populations, therapeutics and adherence.

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