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Drug utilisation 90% profiles--a useful tool for quality assessment of prescribing in primary health care in StockholmBjörn Wettermark
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 12:499-510. 2003..To analyse strengths and weaknesses of a simple method for assessing the general quality of drug prescribing and to study the acceptance of the method among general practitioners (GPs)...- A study of adherence to drug recommendations by providing feedback of outpatient prescribing patterns to hospital specialistsBjörn Wettermark
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Utilization Research and Clinical Pharmacological Services, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14:579-88. 2005.... - Using aggregate data on dispensed drugs to evaluate the quality of prescribing in urban primary health care in SwedenB Wettermark
Department of Pharmacy, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, SE 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
Public Health 120:451-61. 2006..Consequently, there is a need to develop methods for evaluation using data available in routine health care... - The new Swedish Prescribed Drug Register--opportunities for pharmacoepidemiological research and experience from the first six monthsBjörn Wettermark
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 16:726-35. 2007..To describe the content and potentials of the new Swedish national register on prescribed and dispensed medicines... - Initiatives to enhance renin-angiotensin prescribing efficiency in Austria: impact and implications for other countriesBrian Godman
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE 141 86, Stockholm, Sweden
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 10:199-207. 2010.... - The 'wise list'- a comprehensive concept to select, communicate and achieve adherence to recommendations of essential drugs in ambulatory care in StockholmLars L Gustafsson
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 108:224-33. 2011.... - Forecasting drug utilization and expenditure in a metropolitan health regionBjörn Wettermark
Department of Drug Management and Informatics, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
BMC Health Serv Res 10:128. 2010..The aim of this paper is to present the forecasting model and the predicted growth in all therapeutic areas in 2010 and 2011... - Initial effects of a reimbursement restriction to improve the cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive treatmentBjörn Wettermark
Karolinska Institutet, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Health Policy 94:221-9. 2010..This resulted in reimbursement restrictions for 26 substances, e.g. all angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)... - Impact of recent reforms in Austria on utilization and expenditure of PPIs and lipid-lowering drugs: implications for the futureBrian Godman
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE 141 86, Stockholm, Sweden
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 9:475-84. 2009..To assess the impact of a plethora of reforms and initiatives introduced in Austria since 2002 on the actual utilization and expenditure of proton pump inhibitors and statins... - Regional variation and adherence to guidelines for drug treatment of asthmaMarianne Heibert Arnlind
Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 66:187-98. 2010..To describe the utilization of antiasthmatic drugs in Sweden and to explore regional variations in drug utilization and adherence to guidelines for rational drug prescribing of antiasthmatics and their rationale... - Soft regulations in pharmaceutical policy making: an overview of current approaches and their consequencesBjörn Wettermark
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 7:137-47. 2009..We hope this opinion paper is the first step in the process to develop and implement new demand-side initiatives building on existing 'soft regulations'... - Utilisation of angiotensin receptor blockers in Sweden: combining survey and register data to study adherence to prescribing guidelinesPia Frisk
National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies Apoteket AB, SE 118 81, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 64:1223-9. 2008..We analysed the prescribing patterns of ARBs in Sweden by combining prescription register data with patient self-reported data... - Recent national and regional drug reforms in Sweden: implications for pharmaceutical companies in EuropeBjörn Wettermark
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Pharmacoeconomics 26:537-50. 2008.... - A method to include the environmental hazard in drug prescribingStaffan Castensson
Research and Development, National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies, Apoteket AB, 118 81, Stockholm, Sweden
Pharm World Sci 31:24-31. 2009..Drug prescribing was calculated on all pharmacy sales of medicines in ambulatory care in Stockholm, Sweden (1.9 million inhabitants) during 2006... - Diffusion of interferon beta in Iran and its utilization in TehranMohammad Palesh
Division of International Health IHCAR, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 17:934-41. 2008.... - Nationwide drug-dispensing data reveal important differences in adherence to drug label recommendations on CYP2D6-dependent drug interactionsBuster Mannheimer
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Internal Medicine at Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Br J Clin Pharmacol 69:411-7. 2010..Dispensing data on drug combinations involving selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants could help to identify areas for intensified medical education... - Potential savings without compromising the quality of careC Norman
Department of Drug Management and Informatics, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Clin Pract 63:1320-6. 2009..This study was designed to analyse the association between adherence to guidelines for rational drug use and surrogate outcome markers for hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia... - Deviations from evidence-based prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in three European regionsU Bergman
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 56:269-72. 2000.... - Drug utilization 90%--a simple method for assessing the quality of drug prescribingU Bergman
Karolinska Institute, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Utilization Research, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 54:113-8. 1998..To describe a simple method for assessing the quality of drug prescribing...