Ebook: Textbook of Pharmacoepidemiology

Textbook of Pharmacoepidemiology, Second Edition, provides an
introduction to pharmacoepidemiology and the data sources, methods
and applications used in clinical research, the pharmaceutical industry
and regulatory agencies.

Drawing upon the fifth edition of the authoritative reference,
Pharmacoepidemiology, this new edition covers the key learning
requirements of the discipline. The textbook provides an introduction to
pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoepidemiological data sources, special
issues in methodology, special applications and future developments in
the field. Updated learning features such as case studies, key points and
Suggested Further Reading are included throughout the text.

Textbook of Pharmacoepidemiology is a practical educational resource for
upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows in
schools of public health, pharmacy and medicine, and for everyone learning
and working in pharmacoepidemiology.

Content:
Chapter 1 What is Pharmacoepidemiology? (pages 1–16): Brian L. Strom
Chapter 2 Study Designs Available for Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies (pages 17–29): Brian L. Strom
Chapter 3 Sample Size Considerations for Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies (pages 30–39): Brian L. Strom
Chapter 4 Basic Principles of Clinical Pharmacology Relevant to Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies (pages 40–53): Jeffrey S. Barrett and Athena F. Zuppa
Chapter 5 When Should One Perform Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies? (pages 54–62): Brian L. Strom
Chapter 6 Views from Academia, Industry, Regulatory Agencies, and the Legal System (pages 63–97): , Jerry Avorn, Jingping Mo, Robert F. Reynolds, Gerald J. Dal Pan, Peter Arlett and Aaron S. Kesselheim
Chapter 7 Postmarketing Spontaneous Pharmacovigilance Reporting Systems (pages 99–117): Gerald J. Dal Pan, Marie Lindquist and Kate Gelperin
Chapter 8 Overview of Automated Databases in Pharmacoepidemiology (pages 118–122): Brian L. Strom
Chapter 9 Examples of Existing Automated Databases (pages 123–177): , Sengwee Toh, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel, Denise M. Boudreau, Robert L. Davis, Katherine Haffenreffer, Pamala A. Pawloski, Richard Platt, Sean Hennessy, Cristin Palumbo Freeman, Francesca Cunningham, Yola Moride, Alexis Ogdie, Sinéad M. Langan, John Parkinson, Hassy Dattani, Karel Kostev, Joel M. Gelfand, Ron M.C. Herings and Lars Pedersen
Chapter 10 Field Studies (pages 178–189): David W. Kaufman
Chapter 11 How Should One Perform Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies? Choosing Among the Available Alternatives (pages 190–202): Brian L. Strom
Chapter 12 Validity of Pharmacoepidemiologic Drug and Diagnosis Data (pages 203–227): Suzanne L. West, Mary Elizabeth Ritchey and Charles Poole
Chapter 13 Assessing Causality of Case Reports of Suspected Adverse Events (pages 228–238): Judith K. Jones
Chapter 14 Molecular Pharmacoepidemiology (pages 239–255): Stephen E. Kimmel, Hubert G. Leufkens and Timothy R. Rebbeck
Chapter 15 Bioethical Issues in Pharmacoepidemiologic Research (pages 256–268): Antoine C. El Khoury
Chapter 16 The Use of Randomized Controlled Trials for Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies (pages 269–279): Samuel M. Lesko and Allen A. Mitchell
Chapter 17 Pharmacoeconomics: Economic Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals (pages 280–290): Kevin A. Schulman, Henry A. Glick, Daniel Polsky and Shelby D. Reed
Chapter 18 Using Quality‐of‐Life Measurements in Pharmacoepidemiologic Research (pages 291–299): Holger J. Schünemann, Bradley C. Johnston, Roman Jaeschke and Gordon H. Guyatt
Chapter 19 The Use of Meta‐analysis in Pharmacoepidemiology (pages 300–313): Jesse A. Berlin and M. Soledad Cepeda
Chapter 20 Studies of Medication Adherence (pages 314–323): Trisha Acri and Robert Gross
Chapter 21 Advanced Approaches to Controlling Confounding in Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies (pages 324–336): Sebastian Schneeweiss and Samy Suissa
Chapter 22 Special Applications of Pharmacoepidemiology (pages 337–406): , David Lee, Sumit R. Majumdar, Helene L. Lipton, Stephen B. Soumerai, Claudia Vellozzi, Robert T. Chen, Jason Glanz, Danica Marinac‐Dabic, Sharon‐Lise T. Normand, Art Sedrakyan, Allen A. Mitchell, Gerald J. Dal Pan, Stella Blackburn, Claudia Manzo, Hanna M. Seidling, David W. Bates, Melissa A. Robb, Rachel E. Sherman, Brian L. Strom, Rita Schinnar and Sean Hennessy
Chapter 23 The Future of Pharmacoepidemiology (pages 407–415): Brian L. Strom, Stephen E. Kimmel and Sean Hennessy