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Abstract #303406

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Activity Number:	73
Type:	Contributed
Date/Time:	Sunday, August 7, 2005 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #303406
Title:	Basic Models for Mapping Prescription Drug Distributions
Author(s):	Kennon Copeland*+ and Elizabeth Allen
Companies:	IMS Health, Inc. and IMS Health, Inc.
Address:	5840 Cameron Run Terrace, Alexandria, VA, 22303, United States
Keywords:	Disease Patterns ; Estimation Models ; Geographic Coverage ; Surrogate Measures
Abstract:	Geographic patterns of diseases are of critical interest for public health monitoring and policy. Availability of information from which to derive estimates of disease patterns, however, is generally very limited, either in terms of geographic or population coverage, or both. By contrast, availability of information on pharmaceutical drug dispensing is robust. Pharmaceutical drug information, although not directly indicative of disease, may provide useful surrogate information about disease patterns. The nature of pharmaceutical drug information presents new challenges in terms of developing appropriate estimates of geographic distributions. This paper discusses pharmaceutical drug information obtained from retail pharmacies, presents a set of basic models for consideration, and outlines future research. A case study is presented to examine the application of basic models for one therapeutic set of drugs.

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