Abstract
Appropriate and efficient utilization of medicines is crucial to ensure their safe and effective use and support sustainable healthcare systems. Efforts to maximise the rational use of medicines within a health system are a central focus in the drive to secure the best use of limited resources. The common areas of inappropriate use range from overuse/underuse of medicines to use of originators in the presence of generic and biosimilar alternatives. Pharmacotherapy is considered as the key component for preventing, treating, and managing the majority of medical conditions and, as such, medicines are the most common intervention in healthcare. Strategies and measures for established medicines can helpfully be categorised into “supply-side” measures and “demand-side” measures. Drug utilization studies are a key tool to describe medicines use and measure impact, ranging from observational uncontrolled retrospective studies to segmented regression analysis of an interrupted time-series design.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Drug Utilization Research |
Subtitle of host publication | Methods and Applications: Second Edition |
Publisher | wiley |
Pages | 248-257 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119911685 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781119911654 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Demand-side measures
- Drug utilization
- Healthcare systems
- Pharmacotherapy
- Supply-side measures