We look at populations, but populations consist of individuals – epidemiology is the discipline that allows us to consider information from many individuals.
Pharmacoepidemiology is epidemiology applied to understanding population trends in medication use:
Hospital discharge data, pharmacy claims data, government databases – all provide information that must be pieced together to inform policy decisions relating to regulation, reimbursement and patient education.
October 2011
Just published: "Computer Kiosks to Deliver Medication Information in the Pharmacy," Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 15(4):347-360.
At ISPE, Chicago August 14-17,2011. See our poster “Prevalence of Morphine Use in Pediatric Inpatients in the US, 2008,” presented at the 27th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (Session C: Pediatrics)
August 7, 2011
Just published online: “Children's Hospitalizations with a Mood Disorder Diagnosis in General Hospitals in the United States 2000-2006,” Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
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