Antidepressant prescribing in five European countries: Application of common definitions to assess the prevalence, clinical observations, and methodological implications

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 849-857

  Abbing Karahagopian, V ^a   Huerta, C ^b   Souverein, P C ^a   De Abajo, F ^c,d   Leufkens, H G M ^a,e   Slattery, J ^f   Alvarez, Y ^f   Miret, M ^g   Gil, M ^b   Oliva, B ^b   Hesse, U ^h   Requena, G ^d   De Vries, F ^a,i   Rottenkolber, M ^j   Schmiedl, S ^k   Reynolds, R ^l   Schlienger, R G ^m   De Groot, M C H ^a   Klungel, O H ^a   Van Staa, T P ^a,n   Van Dijk, L ^a,o   Egberts, A C G ^a,p   Gardarsdottir, H ^a,p   De Bruin, M L ^a,e   more..

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BIFAP Research Unit Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance Agencia Espanola de Medicamentos Y Productos Sanitarios AEMPS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e MEDICINES EVALUATION BOARD   (Netherlands)

^f EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^h National Institute for Health Data and Disease Control   (Denmark)

ⁱ MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^l PFIZER INC   (United States)

^m NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

ⁿ CPRD Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^o NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Electronic healthcare databases; Prevalence; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Standardization; Tricyclic antidepressants

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TIME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903433638     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-014-1676-z     Document Type: Article

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