Drug Use Evaluation
Websites
Drug Utilization Initiatives
- British Columbia Community Drug Utilization Program (BC CDUP)
- Drug Evaluation Alliance of Nova Scotia (DEANS)
- National Prescribing Service (NPS) (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
- Quality Use of Medicines Mapping Project (QUMMAP) (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
- RxFiles
Professional Organizations
Websites for Health Professionals
- Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical/Defined Daily Dose (ATC/DD) Index 2011 (WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology).
- Canada's Food and Drugs Act and Regulations (Health Canada)
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
- Drug Utilization Evaluations (Medscape, registration required)
- Drugs and Health Products (Health Canada)
- Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies (WHO)
- WHO Essential Medicines Library
Resources
Evidence-Based Drug Information
- ACP Journal Club - $
- ACP PIER - $
- Bandolier
- Clinical Evidence (BMJ) - $
- Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP) (Oregon Health & Sciences University)
- National Prescribing Service (NPS) (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing)
- RxFiles
- SUMSearch (UT Health Science Centre San Antonio)
- Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
- Therapeutics Letter (University of British Columbia)
- Trip Database
Journals and Newsletters
Print and Electronic Resources
*Recommended texts & electronic resources are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information
- Essentials of Economic Evaluation in Healthcare (Elliott & Pzyne, 2004) - $
- Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes(Drummond et al. 3rd ed. 2005) - $
- Textbook of Pharmacoepidemiology (Strom & Kimmel, 2nd ed. 2013) - $
Published: 01 Jun 2015
Revised: 13 Oct 2015