Frequency estimates from prescription drug datasets (revision of #04-11-066A)

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 512-520

  Lin, Swu Jane ^a,b   Lambert, Bruce ^a   Tan, Hiangkiat ^a   Toh, Sengwee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency; IMS; NAMCS; NHAMCS; Pharmacy; Prescription; Solucient

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; AMOXICILLIN; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; CELECOXIB; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; FUROSEMIDE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LORATADINE; METFORMIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; ROFECOXIB; SALBUTAMOL; SERTRALINE; SIMVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; DATA BASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STANDARD;

DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33746592858     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1149     Document Type: Article

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