PMID: 9542695Jan 1, 1997Paper

Sources of data for pharmacoepidemiological studies of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
J M Zito, D J Safer

Abstract

In view of the dramatic shift to managed care models for United States health care delivery, reliable information on the prevalence and variations in psychopharmacological drug therapies for youth in community practice settings is essential. Pharmacoepidemiology, the study of medication use in large populations, aims to accomplish that challenging task. This article offers child psychopharmacologists a brief introduction to data sources for pharmacoepidemiology. Knowledge of these data sources combined with epidemiological methods for data analysis is a beginning step to assess the psychotropic medication prescribing patterns of community physicians. This review is organized in the following sequence: (1) characteristics of the "usual practice environment" according to setting, patient population, and physician characteristics; (2) validity issues related to data sources and their potential for outcomes research; (3) data sources divided into primary and secondary types that are described in terms of their features, advantages, and limitations, followed by examples of selected applied studies using such information; (4) procedures for analyzing secondary data; (5) data analytic and longitudinal approaches; and (6) access, confi...Continue Reading

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Jun 30, 2001·Biological Psychiatry·J M Zito, D J Safer
Jan 1, 1997·Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology·K D Gadow
Mar 3, 2005·Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology·Farifteh Firoozmand DuffyDarrel A Regier
Feb 16, 2013·Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology·Susan K DrileaSusan Stromberg
Nov 26, 2002·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Scott W WoodsThomas H McGlashan
Mar 5, 2002·Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP·Julie Magno Zito
Jan 26, 2006·Annals of Clinical Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists·Rajender R AparasuSanjay Gupta
Sep 2, 2000·Pediatrics·D J Safer, M Malever
May 3, 2002·Pediatrics·Julie Magno ZitoFrances Lynch

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