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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Jung K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3929699 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20140219 2
Off-label drug use, defined as use of a drug in a manner that deviates from its approved use defined by the drug's FDA label, is problematic because such uses have not been evaluated for safety and efficacy. Studies estimate that 21% of prescriptions are off-label, and only 27% of those have evidence of safety and efficacy. We describe a data-mining approach for systematically identifying off-label usages using features derived from free text clinical notes and features extracted from two databa ...[more]