Patient-reported Outcomes as a Source of Evidence in Off-Label Prescribing: Analysis of Data From PatientsLikeMe

Background Evaluating a new use for an existing drug can be expensive and time consuming. Providers and patients must all too often rely upon their own individual-level experience to inform clinical practice, which generates only anecdotal and unstructured data. While academi...

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Main Authors: Frost, Jeana, Okun, Sally, Vaughan, Timothy, Heywood, James, Wicks, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2011/1/e6/