Does uncollected medication reduce the validity of pharmacy dispensing data?

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 497-500

  Tobi, Hilde ^a   van den Heuvel, Nico Jan N ^a   de Jong van den Berg, Lolkje T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pharmacy data; Primary non compliance; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DICLOFENAC; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; FEXOFENADINE; FLUVOXAMINE; FUSIDIC ACID; METOPROLOL; PETROLATUM; PROMETHAZINE; TETANUS TOXOID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; COUGHING; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETANUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 3242876010     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.928     Document Type: Article

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