Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 422-427, April 2010

Construction of drug treatment episodes from drug-dispensing histories is influenced by the gap length

  • Helga Gardarsdottir

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • Patrick C. Souverein

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • Toine C.G. Egberts

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
    • Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • Eibert R. Heerdink

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, the Netherlands. Tel.: +31-30-2537324; fax: +31-30-2539166.

Accepted 3 July 2009. published online 02 November 2009.

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PII: S0895-4356(09)00204-2

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.001

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 422-427, April 2010

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