The technical evolution of databases as well as the new possibilities to analyze them has added new information sources to obtain valuable data describing the consumption of medicines at different levels.

The course intends to :

• Discuss new data sources for information on medicines consumption.
• Describe some of these new data sources through a reflection based on a couple of practical examples.
• Critically assess some advantages and biases of these kind of studies.

At the end of the course, you will :

• Know some biases and limitations of the traditional medicines consumption data sources
• Have revised a couple of examples describing studies conducting by using large databases
• Know the practical application and present limitations of these calculations.