Journal article
Influence of drug safety advisories on drug utilisation: an international interrupted time series and meta-analysis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between regulatory drug safety advisories and changes in drug utilisation.
DESIGN: We conducted controlled, interrupted times series analyses with administrative prescription claims data to estimate changes in drug utilisation following advisories. We used random-effects meta-analysis with inverse-variance weighting to estimate the average postadvisory change in drug utilisation across advisories.
Authors
Morrow RL; Mintzes B; Souverein PC; De Bruin ML; Roughead EE; Lexchin J; Kemp-Casey A; Puil L; Sketris I; Mangin D
Journal
BMJ Quality & Safety, Vol. 31, No. 3,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
March 2022
DOI
10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013910
ISSN
2044-5415