An Alternative to Disproportionality: A Frequency-Based Method for Pharmacovigilance Data Mining.
Jeremy D JokinenFabio LievanoLinda ScarazziniMelissa TruffaPublished in: Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science (2017)
The proposed alternative frequency-based method for PV data mining would be useful where disproportionalities scores are not appropriate. Additionally, this method may be useful in conjunction with disproportionality scores, where appropriate, highlighting adverse events that are both reported disproportionately and have increasing trends.