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Table 3 Data sources, by research method of article

From: Sex, drugs and gender roles: mapping the use of sex and gender based analysis in pharmaceutical policy research

Qualitative data sources

Legal and/or policy documents (n = 10)

Focus groups or interviews (n = 4)

Quantitative data sources *

Administrative prescription database (n = 10)

Drug approval data (n = 7)

Survey data (n = 5)

Clinical study/trial data (n = 4)

Drug safety/adverse event data (n = 3)

Other medical services data (n = 2)

Other data source (n = 4)**

  1. * Categories are not mutually exclusive
  2. ** Other sources include: drug promotion spending, mathematical models, and various types of drug and drug company information.