Abstract

ROZENFELD, Suely  and  VALENTE, Joaquim. Drug utilization studies: technical considerations for data collection and analysis. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2004, vol.13, n.2, pp.115-123. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742004000200005.

This technical note deals with strategies for data collection and analysis of drug information from epidemiological studies, in particular cross-sectional studies. The focus is on aspects concerning the quality of information of medicines, and on how to prepare data banks for data analysis. We also present Epi-Info software commands, which allow one to "verticalize" databases.

Keywords : drug utilization studies; cross-sectional; Epi-Info.

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