The science concerned with the benefit and risk of drugs used in populations and the analysis of the outcomes of drug therapies. Pharmacoepidemiologic data come from both clinical trials and epidemiological studies with emphasis on methods for the detection and evaluation of drug-related adverse effects, assessment of risk vs benefit ratios in drug therapy, patterns of drug utilization, the cost-effectiveness of specific drugs, methodology of postmarketing surveillance, and the relation between pharmacoepidemiology and the formulation and interpretation of regulatory guidelines. (Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 1992;1(1); J Pharmacoepidemiol 1990;1(1))

Descriptor ID	D017891
MeSH Number(s)	H01.158.703.045 H02.403.720.500.650 H02.628.413
Concept/Terms	Pharmacoepidemiology Pharmacoepidemiology Pharmaceutical Epidemiology Epidemiologies, Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical Epidemiologies Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical

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