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Prescription duration and treatment episodes in oral glucocorticoid users: application of the parametric waiting time distribution

PURPOSE: Glucocorticoids are widely used medications. In many pharmacoepidemiological studies, duration of individual prescriptions and definition of treatment episodes are important issues. However, many data sources lack this information. We aimed to estimate duration of individual prescriptions f...

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Autores principales: Laugesen, Kristina, Støvring, Henrik, Hallas, Jesper, Pottegård, Anton, Jørgensen, Jens Otto Lunde, Sørensen, Henrik Toft, Petersen, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29180903
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S148671