Database Analytics in Pharmacoepidemiology

Harvard HSPH

Description: Using contemporary examples and drawing on the expertise of researchers in pharmacoepidemiology, this course covers a range of study designs and analytic techniques for nonexperimental studies of the utilization, safety, and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals.Students will gain practical experience working with large electronic health care databases through a series of hands-on exercises. Examples include reviewing claims profiles; analyzing a synthetic dataset to assess the impact…