1. Pharmacoepidemiology :

          Origin and evaluation of pharmacoepidemiology need for 
          pharmacoepidemiology, aims and applications.
        Outcome measure and drug use measures, Prevalence, 
        incidence and incidence rate. Monetary units, number of prescriptions, 
        units of drugs dispensed, defined daily doses and prescribed daily doses,
        medication adherence measurement    

  • Concept of risk in pharmacoepidemiology                                                                               - Measurement of risk, attributable risk and relative risk, time-risk relationship and odds ratio 

Pharmacoepidemiological methods: Includes theoretical aspects of various methods and practical study of various methods with the help of case studies for individual methods : 


  •  Sources of data for pharmacoepidemiological studies  
           Ad Hoc data sources and automated data systems.       


  • Selected special applications of pharmacoepidemiology   
            - Studies of vaccine safety
            - hospital pharmacoepidemiology,  
            - pharmacoepidemiology and risk management
            - drug induced birth defects

  2 ) Phrmacoeconomics:


  • Pharmacoeconomic evaluation      
       Outcome assessment and types of evaluation  Includes theoretical aspects of various methods and practical study of various methods with the help of case studies for individual methods:
       - Cost  minimization
       - Cost- benefit
       - Cost  effectiveness
       - Cost utility 

3 ) Applications of Pharmacoeconomics                 

       Software and case studies

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