Using prescription claims data for drugs available over-the-counter (OTC)

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 961-968

  Yood, Marianne Ulcickas ^a,b,c,g   Campbell, Ulka B ^c   Rothman, Kenneth J ^d   Jick, Susan S ^d,e   Lang, Janet ^d   Wells, Karen E ^b   Jick, Hershel ^e,f   Johnson, Christine C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EpiSource   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims; Misclassification; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); Over the counter (OTC); Prescription

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECALL BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548781961     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1454     Document Type: Article

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