Open AccessComparison of Pharmacy Database Methods for Determining Prevalent Chronic Medication Use
Author(s) -
Timothy S. Anderson,
Bocheng Jing,
Charlie M Wray,
Sarah Ngo,
Edison Xu,
Kathy Z. Fung,
Michael A. Steinman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001188
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacy , veterans affairs , observational study , medline , cohort , cohort study , emergency medicine , family medicine , political science , law
Pharmacy dispensing data are frequently used to identify prevalent medication use as a predictor or covariate in observational research studies. Although several methods have been proposed for using pharmacy dispensing data to identify prevalent medication use, little is known about their comparative performance.