Article-potential bias in pharmacoepidemiological studies

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Discussion instructions: Read the article, "Potential bias in pharmacoepidemiological studies due to the length of the drug free period: a study on antidepressant drug use in adults in the Netherlands" by H. Gardarsdottir et al. and answer the following questions:

1. What was the purpose of the study?

2. What type of bias is being examined? Explain your answer.

3. What is the main finding of the study? What do the authors say should be done to address this?

"Potential bias in pharmacoepidemiological studies due to the length of the drug free period: a study on antidepressant drug use in adults in the Netherlands".

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This pharmacoepidemiologic research study describes how researchers evaluated whether or not differing lengths of time before a patient begins taking antidepressants (the drug free period) causes a bias in the incidence measurements. You will use this study to answer this.

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