"This textbook is the abridged version of Pharmacoepidemiology fourth edition"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is pharmacoepidemiology? -- Study designs available for pharmacoepidemiology studies -- Sample size considerations for pharmacoepidemiology studies -- Basic principles of clinical pharmacology relevant to pharmacoepidemiology studies -- When should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies? -- Views from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies -- Spontaneous reporting in the United States -- Global drug surveillance : the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring -- Case-control surveillance -- Prescription-event monitoring -- Overview of automated databases in pharmacoepidemiology -- Examples of automated databases -- Other approaches to pharmacoepidemiology studies -- How should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies? choosing among the available alternatives -- Validity of pharmacoepidemiologic drug and diagnosis data --

Bias and confounding in pharmacoepidemiology -- Determining causation from case reports -- Molecular pharmacoepidemiology -- Bioethical issues in pharmacoepidemiologic research -- The use of randomized controlled trials for pharmacoepidemiology studies -- The use of pharmacoepidemiology to study beneficial drug effects -- Pharmacoeconomics : economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals -- Using quality-of-life measurements in pharmacoepidemiologic research -- The use of meta-analysis in pharmacoepidemiology -- Patient adherence to prescribed drug dosing regimens in ambulatory pharmacotherapy -- Novel approaches to pharmacoepidemiology study design and statistical analysis -- Special applications of pharmacoepidemiology -- The future of pharmacoepidemiolgy.