Disciplines and Occupations

Pharmacoepidemiology

The science concerned with the benefit and risk of drugs used in populations and the analysis of the outcomes of drug therapies. Pharmacoepidemiologic data come from both clinical trials and epidemiological studies with emphasis on methods for the detection and evaluation of drug-related adverse effects, assessment of risk vs benefit ratios in drug therapy, patterns of drug utilization, the cost-effectiveness of specific drugs, methodology of postmarketing surveillance, and the relation between pharmacoepidemiology and the formulation and interpretation of regulatory guidelines. (Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 1992;1(1); J Pharmacoepidemiol 1990;1(1))

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The science concerned with the benefit and risk of drugs used in populations and the analysis of the outcomes of drug therapies. Pharmacoepidemiologic data come from both clinical trials and epidemiological studies with emphasis on methods for the detection and evaluation of drug-related adverse effects, assessment of risk vs benefit ratios in drug therapy, patterns of drug utilization, the cost-effectiveness of specific drugs, methodology of postmarketing surveillance, and the relation between pharmacoepidemiology and the formulation and interpretation of regulatory guidelines. (Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 1992;1(1); J Pharmacoepidemiol 1990;1(1))

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical
  • Pharmaceutical Epidemiology
  • Epidemiologies, Pharmaceutical
  • Pharmaceutical Epidemiologies

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  • Epidemiologic Methods (1985-1993)
  • Epidemiology (1984-1993)
  • Pharmacology (1984-1993)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pharmacoepidemiology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017891. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017891
  2. Pharmacoepidemiology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacoepidemiology
  3. Pharmacoepidemiology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158230