Aims and scope

Drugs - Real World Outcomes targets original research and definitive reviews regarding the use of real-world data to evaluate health outcomes and inform healthcare decision-making on drugs, devices and other interventions in clinical practice. The journal includes, but is not limited to, the following research areas:

• Using registries/databases/health records and other non-selected observational datasets to investigate:

  • drug use and treatment outcomes

  • prescription patterns

  • drug safety signals

  • adherence to treatment guidelines

  • benefit : risk profiles

  • comparative effectiveness

  • economic analyses including cost-of-illness

• Data-driven research methodologies, including the capture, curation, search, sharing, analysis and interpretation of ‘big data’

• Techniques and approaches to optimise real-world modelling.