Table 1 General characteristics of studies included in a literature review of drug sales data analyses for surveillance of infectious diseases
Author | Study period | Location | Syndrome | Drug data sources | Drug status | Time scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES | ||||||
Sugawara et al. [27] 2012 | 2009/2010 | Japan | ILI | Prescription drug purchases from 5275 pharmacies | Prescribed | Week |
2010/2011 | ||||||
Polgreen et al. [23] 2011 | Jan 1999– Sept 2007 | Ohio, USA | GI | IMS Health’s Xponent database (Data from retail pharmacies, covering 70% of all prescriptions) | Prescribed | Month |
Chopra et al. [12] 2011 | April–Dec 2009 | Southeastern Michigan, USA | ILI | In-site pharmacies of eight hospitals in Southeastern Michigan | Prescribed | Week |
Kirian et al. [19] 2010 | July 2003-Dec 2007 | San Francisco Bay area | GI | Sales available through the National Retail Data Monitor in three San Francisco Bay Area counties (number of stores reporting per week: 592-837) | OTC | Week |
Yoshida et al. [30] 2009 | Dec 2006-April 2007 | Sahai City, Osaka, Japan | ILI | Questionnaires mailed to 273 pharmacies. 56% responding pharmacies. (456,000 people) | Prescribed | Week |
Van den Wijngaard et al. [28] 2008 | 2001-2003 | The Netherlands | ILI | Foundation for pharmaceutical statistics (85% of Dutch pharmacies) (13,8 million people) | Prescribed | Week |
Edge et al. [17] 2006 | Jan 2001-April 2004 | Canada (one province) | GI | One major retailer with 19 locations (12% of the pharmacies in the region) | OTC | Week |
Das et al. [14] 2005 | Aug 2002-March 2005 | New York City | ILI and GI | New York City Department of Health (248 NYC pharmacies, 30% of citywide sales) | OTC | Day |
Okhusa et al. [22] 2005 | Nov 2003-April 2004 | Japan | ILI | Private marketing company (1100 pharmacies, 2% of the pharmacies in Japan) | OTC | Day |
Chen et al. [11] 2005 | March 2003-July 2004 | A rural county in New York State | Pertussis | Medicaid database reimbursement | Prescribed | Day |
Edge et al. [16] 2004 | Jan-May 2001 (Saskatchewan) March-June 2000 (Ontario) | Battleford (Saskatchewan), Walkerton(Ontario) | GI | One pharmacy in Battleford, one pharmacy in Walkerton | OTC | Week |
Magruder et al. [21] 2004 | 2001-2003 | Maryland-Washington-Virginia | ILI | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics laboratory (300 drugstores in the Maryland-Washington-Virginia area) | OTC | Day |
Couturier et al. [13] 2004 | 2001-2003 | Paris and five french regions | Syphilis | A centralized wholesaler supplying all French private pharmacies | Prescribed | Month |
Hogan et al. [18] 2003 | 1998-2001 | Pennsylvania, Indiana, Utah | ILI and GI | Information Resources, Inc., private company (90% market share in all the region) | OTC | Week |
Magruder [20] 2003 | 2001-2002 | Maryland-Washington-Virginia | ILI | Johns Hopkins APL (300 drugstores in the Maryland-Washington-Virginia area) | OTC | Day |
Davies et al. [15] 2003 | 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/2001 | Nottingham city | ILI | Retailers (Boots the chemist, 30% of market share) in the hospital area, and a pharmaceutical company (Reckitt Benckiser) at national level | OTC | Week |
Stirling et al. [26] 2001 | Jan-May 2001 | North Battleford, Saskatchewan | GI | Three pharmacies | OTC | Week |
Proctor et al. [24] 1998 | 1993 | Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA) | GI | One pharmacy | OTC | Day |
Rodman et al. [25] 1997 | 1993(Milkauwee)/1994 (Las Vegas)/1996 (Collingwood,Kelowna, Cranbrook) | Milwaukee (Wisconsin); Collingwood (Ontario), Kelowna, Cranbrook (British Colombia), Las Vegas(Nevada) | GI | One pharmacy in Milwaukee, 3 pharmacies in Collingwood, 10 to 12 pharmacies in Kelowna and Cranbrook. | OTC | Month |
Welliver et al. [29] 1979 | 1976/1977 | Los Angeles | ILI | One large supermarket chain | OTC | Week |
DRUG SELECTION STUDIES | ||||||
Pelat et al. [33] 2010 | 2000-2009 | France | GI | IMS Health (7,500 pharmacies in 2000-13,300 in 2008, 59% of the pharmacies in France, covering all continental France) | OTC and prescribed | Week |
Cami et al. [31] 2009 | Jul 2003- Dec 2006 | Region around the city of Houston, TX, USA | ILI | AC Nielsen Corp (pharmacy sales in a region around Houston) | OTC | Week |
Wallstrom et al. [34] 2007 | 2002-2004 | Pennsylvania, USA | ILI | AC Nielsen Corp (pharmacy sales in western Pennsylvania) | OTC | Week |
Li et al. [32] 2005 | Jan 1998- Dec 2001 | Pennsylvania, USA | ILI and GI | Information Resources, Inc., private company (90% market share in the region) | OTC | Week |
Magruder et al. [21] 2004 | 2001-2003 | Maryland-Washington-Virginia | ILI | Johns Hopkins APL (300 drugstores in the Maryland-Washington-Virginia area) | OTC | Day |
PREDICTION STUDIES | ||||||
Vergu et al. [37] 2006 | 2000-2004 | France | ILI | IMS Health (11,000 pharmacies, 50% of all pharmacies in France) | OTC and prescribed | Week |
Najmi et al. [36] 2005 | 2001-2003 | Maryland-Washington-Virginia | ILI | Johns Hopkins APL (300 drugstores in the Maryland-Washington-Virginia area) | OTC | Day |
Najmi et al. [35] 2004 | 2001-2002 | Maryland-Washington-Virginia | ILI | Johns Hopkins APL (300 drugstores in the Maryland-Washington-Virginia area) | OTC | Day |