Agreement between patient self-report and a Veterans Affairs national pharmacy database for identifying recent exposures to antibiotics

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-15

  Metlay, Joshua P ^a   Hardy, Christine ^a   Strom, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Data collection; Epidemiologic methods; Recall

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; STANDARD; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0037272709     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.772     Document Type: Article

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