What is pharmacoepidemiology? / Brian L. Strom -- Study designs available for pharmacoepidemiology studies / Brian L. Strom -- Sample size considerations for pharmacoepidemiology studies / Brian L. Strom -- Basic principles of clinical pharmacology relevant to pharmacoepidemiology studies / Jeffrey Barrett and Athena F. Zuppa -- When should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies? / Brian L. Strom -- Views from academia, industry, regulatory agencies, and the legal system / Jerry Avorn -- Postmarketing spontaneous pharmacovigilance reporting systems / Gerald J. Dal Pan, Marie Lindquist, and Kate Gelperin -- Overview of automated databases in pharmacoepidemiology / Brian L. Strom -- Examples of existing databases : health maintenance organizations/health plans / Sengwee Toh ... [et al.], U.S. Government claims databases / Sean Hennessy, Cristin Palumbo Freeman, Francesca Cunningham, Medical record databases / Alexis Ogdie ... [et al.] -- Canadian provincial databases / Yola Moride -- Pharmacy-based medical record linkage systems / Ron M.C. Herings and Lars Pedersen -- Field studies / David F. Kaufman -- How should one perform pharmacoepidemiology studies? Choosing among the available alternatives / Brian L. Strom -- Validity of pharmacoepidemiologic drug and diagnosis data / Suzanne L. West, Mary Elizabeth Ritchey, and Charles Poole -- Inferring causation from case reports / Judith K. Jones -- Molecular pharmacoepidemiology / Stephen E. Kimmel, Hubert G. Leufkens, and Timothy R. Rebbeck -- Bioethical issues in pharmacoepidemiologic research / Antoine C. El Khoury --

The use of randomized controlled trials for pharmacoepidemiologic studies / Samuel M. Lesko and Allen A. Mitchell -- Pharmacoeconomics : economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals / Kevin A. Schulman ... [et al.] -- Using quality-of-life measurements in pharmacoepidemiologic research / Holger J. Schünemann ... [et al.] -- The use of meta-analysis in pharmacoepidemiology / Jesse A. Berlin and M. Soledad Cepeda -- Studies of medication adherence / Trisha Acri and Robert Gross -- Advanced approaches to controlling confounding in pharmacoepidemiologic research / Sebastian Schneeweiss and Samy Suissa -- Special applications of pharmacoepidemiology : studies of drug utilization / David Lee -- Evaluating and improving physician prescribing / Sumit R. Majumdar, Helene L. Lipton, and Stephen B. Soumerai -- Special methodological issues in pharmacoepidemiology studies of vaccine safety / Claudia Vellozzi, Robert T. Chen, and Jason Glanz -- Pharmacoepidemiologic studies of devices / Danica Marinac-Dabic, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Art Sedrakyan -- Studies of drug-induced birth defects / Allen A. Mitchell, Risk management / Gerald J. Dal Pan, Stella Blackburn, and Claudia Karwoski -- The use of pharmacoepidemiology to study medication errors / David W. Bates -- FDA sentinel / Melissa A. Robb and Rachel E. Sherman, Comparative effectiveness research / Brian L. Strom, Rita Schinnar, and Sean Hennessy -- The future of pharmacoepidemiology / Brian L. Strom, Stephen E. Kimmel, and Sean Hennessy.