STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS
Pharmaceutical expenses are 19% of social security expenses in Spain. Studies of prescription habits, prescription prevalence, therapeutic profiles, prescription compliance and incidence reports are thus required. Different methods to study utilization of drugs are discussed and examples of each met...
Published in: | International Journal for Quality in Health Care |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Oxford University Press
1991
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/3/1/63 https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/3.1.63 |
id |
fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:intqhc:3/1/63 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:intqhc:3/1/63 2023-05-15T16:48:17+02:00 STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS Su ol, R. Abelló, C. Cels, I. Castro 1991-03-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/3/1/63 https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/3.1.63 en eng Oxford University Press http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/3/1/63 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/3.1.63 Copyright (C) 1991, International Society for Quality in Health Care Articles TEXT 1991 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/3.1.63 2013-05-28T01:20:31Z Pharmaceutical expenses are 19% of social security expenses in Spain. Studies of prescription habits, prescription prevalence, therapeutic profiles, prescription compliance and incidence reports are thus required. Different methods to study utilization of drugs are discussed and examples of each method are provided. The number of registered pharamceutical specialities varies between 21000 in Germany (2900 active substances) and 1000 (700) in Iceland. The thiazide consumption varies between 4.3 daily defined doses (DDD) per 1000 inhab./day in Spain and 42.9 in Sweden. Medication errors were caused by recording problems in 6.5% of all drug distributions. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) International Journal for Quality in Health Care 3 1 63 72 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
HighWire Press (Stanford University) |
op_collection_id |
fthighwire |
language |
English |
topic |
Articles |
spellingShingle |
Articles Su ol, R. Abelló, C. Cels, I. Castro STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS |
topic_facet |
Articles |
description |
Pharmaceutical expenses are 19% of social security expenses in Spain. Studies of prescription habits, prescription prevalence, therapeutic profiles, prescription compliance and incidence reports are thus required. Different methods to study utilization of drugs are discussed and examples of each method are provided. The number of registered pharamceutical specialities varies between 21000 in Germany (2900 active substances) and 1000 (700) in Iceland. The thiazide consumption varies between 4.3 daily defined doses (DDD) per 1000 inhab./day in Spain and 42.9 in Sweden. Medication errors were caused by recording problems in 6.5% of all drug distributions. |
format |
Text |
author |
Su ol, R. Abelló, C. Cels, I. Castro |
author_facet |
Su ol, R. Abelló, C. Cels, I. Castro |
author_sort |
Su ol, R. |
title |
STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS |
title_short |
STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS |
title_full |
STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS |
title_fullStr |
STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS |
title_full_unstemmed |
STUDIES IN UTILIZATION OF DRUGS: A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT METHODS |
title_sort |
studies in utilization of drugs: a review of different methods |
publisher |
Oxford University Press |
publishDate |
1991 |
url |
http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/3/1/63 https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/3.1.63 |
genre |
Iceland |
genre_facet |
Iceland |
op_relation |
http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/3/1/63 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/3.1.63 |
op_rights |
Copyright (C) 1991, International Society for Quality in Health Care |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/3.1.63 |
container_title |
International Journal for Quality in Health Care |
container_volume |
3 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
63 |
op_container_end_page |
72 |
_version_ |
1766038384110731264 |