Quantifying the impact of drug exposure misclassification due to restrictive drug coverage in administrative databases: A simulation cohort study

Value in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 191-197

  Gamble, John Michael ^a   McAlister, Finlay A ^a,b   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^a   Eurich, Dean T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAZANKOWSKI ALBERTA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

bias; formularies; mortality; pharmaceutical policy; pharmacoepidemiology simulation

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84862908093     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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