Assessment of Web-Based Consumer Reviews as a Resource for Drug Performance.

Swarnaseetha Adusumalli HueyTyng Lee Qiangze Hoi Si-Lin Koo Iain Beehuat Tan Pauline Crystal Ng

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2015)

Web-based reviews can be viewed as an orthogonal source of information for consumers, physicians, and drug manufacturers to assess the performance of a drug. However, one should be cautious to rely solely on consumer reviews as ratings can be strongly influenced by the consumer experience.

Keyphrases

health information
primary care
adverse drug
social media
emergency department
meta analyses
systematic review