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INDICATORS OF RATIONAL DRUG USE
Pharmacotherapy is the main treatment of the majority of diseases. It influences clinical outcomes, survival and quality of life of patients. Pharmacotherapy should be effective, safe, efficient, and evidence-based. State expenditures for pharmacotherapy are the fastest growing article of healthcare budgets reaching 40% in some countries. Due to the lack of financial resources and qualified medical assistance, many developing countries apply unreasonable medical interventions including irrational drug therapy, which leads to excessive costs and may have a negative effect onpatie...
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2016 year | Issue: 2 | Pages: 29-46
ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA IN TWO INDEPENDENT SAMPLES USING STATISTICA AND SPSS SOFTWARE: PARAMETRIC AND NON-PARAMETRIC TESTS
This is the second paper of the series of articles where we present basic principles of statistical data analysis using Statistica and SPSS software for beginners. Step-be-step algorithms for Student’s unpaired t-test and Mann-Whitney test for independent samples are presented. The main aim of this paper is to provide basic knowledge on ho to compare continuous variables in two independent samples with practical examples using commonly used software. The article complements, but does not substitute specialized literature on biostatistics and clinical epidemiology.
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2016 year | Issue: 2 | Pages: 5-28