Abstract
Evaluations of drug use behavior can be described as an emerging activity. There are a variety of stakeholders, a number of different activities, and a multitude of purposes for which evaluations have utility. A tentative codification of drug use evaluations is offered that takes into account stakeholders, activities, and purposes. Summaries of completed and on-going studies are provided to illustrate the value of undertaking drug use evaluations.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Freeman
HE
Rossi
PH
. Social experiments . Health and Society
1982 ; 59 (3 ): 340 –73 .
2.
Freeman
HE
Solomon
MA
. Evaluation and the uncertain 1980s . In:
Freeman
HE
Solomon
MA
, eds. Evaluation studies review annual (6) . Beverly Hills, CA : Sage Publications , 1981 : 13 –24 .
3.
Cronbach
LJ
, Toward reform of program evaluation . San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass , 1980 : 16 –17 .
4.
Aiken
LH
Blendon
RJ
Rogers
DE
Freeman
HE
. Evaluating a private foundation's health program . Eval Prog Planning
1980 ; 3 : 119 –29 .
5.
Bernstein
IN
Freeman
HE
. Academic and entrepreneurial research . New York : Russell Sage Foundation , 1975 .
6.
Freeman
HE
Solomon
MA
. The next decade in evaluation research . Eval Prog Planning
1979 ; 2 : 255 –62 .
7.
Norell
SE
. Improving medication compliance; a randomized trial . Br Med J
1979 ; 2 : 1031 –3 .
8.
Kirscht
JP
Rosenstock
IM
. Patient adherence to antihypertensive medical regimens . J Commun Health
1977 ; 3 : 115 –24 .
9.
Chien
CP
Solomon
K
Plateck
TE
. Micro-monitoring: A step toward rational psychopharmacotherapy . Am J Hosp Pharm
1978 ; 35 : 397 –402 .
10.
Wortman
PM
, ed. Methods for evaluating health services . Beverly Hills, CA : Sage Publications , 1981 .
11.
Thomson
GE
Alderman
MH
Wassertheil-Smollen
S
Rafter
JG
Samet
R.
High blood pressure diagnosis and treatment . Am J Publ Health
1981 ; 71 : 413 –6 .
12.
Garnett
WR
Goldberg
JA
Lowenthal
W.
Implementation and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services in an extended care facility . Gerontologist
1981 ; 21 : 151 –7 .
13.
Fielding
D
Jang
R.
A continuing pharmacy educational program . Eval Health Professions
1981 ; 4 : 21 –48 .
14.
D'Achille
KM
Swanson
LW
Hill
WT
. Pharmacist-managed patient assessment and medication refill clinic . Am J Hosp Pharm
1978 ; 35 : 66 –70 .