University of Szeged
Faculty of Pharmacy
Szegedi Tudományegyetem
Gyógyszerésztudományi Kar
Colleagues from the Clinical Pharmacy Department have contributed as author and editor.
The first edition of the Drug Utilization Research: Methods and Applications book has been published by Wiley. Two collegues from the Clinical Pharmacy Department have contributed as author/ editor.
Drug Utilization Research: Methods and Applications
Copyright © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Editors: Monique Elseviers, Björn Wettermark, Anna Birna Almarsdottir, Morten Andersen, Ria Benkő, Marion Bennie, Irene Eriksson, Brian Godman, Janet Krska, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Katja Taxis, Vera Vlahović-Palčevski, Robert Vander Stichele
The official link to the book: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118949740
This book is the result of the common effort of the international expert team from the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE), European Drug Utilisation Group (EuroDURG) board in collaboration with 100 authors and 72 external reviewers from all over the world.
Drug Utilization Research (DUR) is an eclectic scientific discipline, integrating descriptive and analytical methods for the quantification, understanding and evaluation of the processes of prescribing, dispensing and consumption of medicines and for the testing of interventions to enhance the quality of these processes. The discipline is closely related and linked mainly to the broader field of pharmacoepidemiology, but also to health outcomes research, pharmacovigilance and health economics.
The „DUR book” covers both the methodology and applications of drug utilization research and covers areas such as health policy, specific populations, therapeutics and adherence.
It is a useful educational tool for teachers and students and a basic reference guide for researchers, health care professionals, civil service workers and health authorities involved in drug data analysis.
Collegues from the Clinical Pharmacy Department has contributed as authors to the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction to drug utilization research
Björn Wettermark, Monique Elseviers, Anna Birna Almarsdóttir, Morten Andersen, Ria Benkő, Marion Bennie, Irene Eriksson, Brian Godman, Janet Krska, Elisabetta Poluzzi, Katja Taxis, Robert Vander Stichele and Vera Vlahović-Palčevski
Chapter 10 Visualization of drug utilization data
Mária Matuz, Ria Benkő and Mikael Hoffmann
Chapter 26 Drug utilization research in the area of antibiotics
Ria Benkő, Marion Bennie and Samuel Coenen
