Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
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Martin A

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• Case Report
  Initiatives among Authorities to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Prescribing and the Implications
  Author(s): Godman B, Acurcio FA*, Guerra Júnior AA, Alvarez-Madrazo S, Faridah Aryani MY, Bishop I, Campbell S, Eriksson I, Finlayson AE, Fürst J, Garuoliene K, Hussain S, Kalaba M, Jayathissa S, Abdol Malek AA, Małecka-Massalska T, Mansor Manan M, Martin A, Pedersen H, Sović Brkičić L, Smoleń A, Truter I, Wale J and Gustafsson LLGodman B, Acurcio FA*, Guerra Júnior AA, Alvarez-Madrazo S, Faridah Aryani MY, Bishop I, Campbell S, Eriksson I, Finlayson AE, Fürst J, Garuoliene K, Hussain S, Kalaba M, Jayathissa S, Abdol Malek AA, Małecka-Massalska T, Mansor Manan M, Martin A, Pedersen H, Sović Brkičić L, Smoleń A, Truter I, Wale J and Gustafsson LL
  
  Introduction: Medicines have made an appreciable contribution to improving patient care in recent years. However, European and other countries are increasingly struggling to fund new premium priced medicines. This has resulted in models to optimise their utilisation as well as multiple initiatives to improve the prescribing of established medicines including enhancing the use of low cost generics, improving adherence to prescribing guidance as well as access to medicines, ensuring adequate doses are prescribed and improving patient adherence rates especially in chronic asymptomatic conditions.Objective: Review a range of demand-side initiatives in ambulatory care across different countries and their resultant effects to provide future direction.Methodology: Principally a narrative review of case histories of published stud.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0419.1000113

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