The prescribed duration algorithm: Utilising 'free text' from multiple primary care electronic systems

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 983-989

  Brooks, Caroline J ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^a   Jones, Kerina H ^a   Hutton, Andrew J ^a   Walker, Roger ^b   Evans, Karen A ^a   Lloyd, Keith ^a   Ford, David V ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic health data; Health related research; Prescribing duration; Routinely collected data

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS; AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77957360459     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2012     Document Type: Article

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