How complete are drug history profiles that are based on public drug benefit claims?

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Paterson, J Michael ^a,b,c   Suleiman, Ali ^d   Hux, Janet E ^a,e   Bell, Chaim ^a,e,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^d Brogan Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug adverse events; Drug history profiles; Emergency department; Prescription drug insurance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICAL RECORDS; ONTARIO; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40149094368     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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