title: Are pragmatic studies pragmatic? Proceedings from a symposium at the third annual Canadian Therapeutics Congress--May 2006, Toronto.
abstract: A multi-stakeholder symposium at the third annual Canadian Therapeutics Congress (May 2006) discussed the nature of pragmatic studies, and helped to further define their role in the drug regulatory system, formulary access decisions and in clinical practice. The symposium panel appeared to have agreed that pragmatic studies were beneficial, but revealed differences in how, when and where they should be done.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical