• 1. Department of Pharmacy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;2. West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;3. Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
LI Youping, Email: yzmylab@hotmial.com
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Objective  To provide evidence for the definition, current development and prospect of Evidence-based pharmacy through systematically assessing the extant literatures.
Methods  We searched CBM, VIP, CNKI, PubMed, EMbase, and Google for supplement. We extracted definitions of evidence-based pharmacy, types of studies, published year, topics of studies, and the author information from the included studies. We compared the definitions on different domains, and assessed the current development of evidence-based pharmacy literature.
Results  a) The definition of evidence-based pharmacy: We found 4 definitions, and there were great differences among them on the people who practiced evidence-based pharmacy as well as the methods and areas of the practice. b) The evidence-based pharmacy literature: 12 English and 202 Chinese articles were included in the review. The number of Chinese evidence-based pharmacy articles was increasing annually, especially in recent 3 years; Most of their authors were from hospitals, especially from pharmacy department; Their study orientations mostly involved clinical pharmacy and hospital pharmacy; The topics mainly refered to the practice and development of clinical pharmacy, rational drug use, and development of hospital pharmacy.
Conclusion  a) There is yet no consensus on the definition of evidence-based pharmacy. b) Few researchers worldwide know or show interest in evidence-based pharmacy, while, so far, more and more researchers are getting to know evidence-based pharmacy in China. c) Further efforts should be made to develop the theoretical system of evidence-based pharmacy and the pattern of its practice.

Citation: ZHANG Lingli,LIANG Yi,HU Die,ZENG Linan,LI Youping. Definition and Literature of Evidence-Based Pharmacy: A Systematic Review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2011, 11(1): 7-13. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20110003 Copy

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