Drug utilization 90% - A simple method for assessing the quality of drug prescribing

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-118

  Bergman, U ^a   Popa, C ^a,b   Tomson, Y ^b   Wettermark, B ^a   Einarson, T R ^a,c   Aberg H ^b   Sjoqvist F ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug utilisation; Prescribing habits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031948561     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280050431     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Chinburapa V, Larson LN, Brucks M, Draugalis J, Bootman JL, Puto CP (1993) Physician prescribing decisions: the effects of situational involvement and task complexity on information acquisition and decision making. Soc Sci Med 36: 1473-1482
2. Abel-Smith B, Figueras J, Holland W, McKee M, Mossialos E (1995) Choices in Health Policy. An Agenda for the European Union. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. Dartmouth Publishing Company Ltd, University Press, Cambridge, pp 1-163
3. Svensk Läkemedelsstatistik 96 (Swedish Drug Statistics 96) (1997) Apoteksbolaget (National Corporation of Pharmacies), Stockholm
4. Tomson Y, Wessling A, Tomson G (1994) General practitioners for rational use of drugs. Examples from Sweden. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 47: 213-219
5. Guidelines for ATC classification and DDD assignment (1996) Oslo: World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (PO Box 100, Veitvet N-0518, Oslo 5, Norway; Fax: +47-2-16 98 18)
6. Bergman U, Sjöqvist F (1984) Measurement of drug utilization in Sweden: methodological and clinical implications. Acta Medica Scandinavica 105 (Suppl 683): 15-22
7. Lee D, Bergman U (1994) Studies of drug utilization. In: Strom BL (ed), Pharmacoepidemiology, 2nd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 379-393
8. Merlo J, Wessling A, Melander A (1996) Comparison of dose standard units for drug utilization studies. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 50: 27-30
9. Bergman U, Myrhed M (1996) Åtta läkemedelskommitteers listor jämförda. Antalet preparat varierar mycket. Likartad syn på dyraste medlen. (Number of recommended drugs varies considerably in a comparison of guidelines from eight drug committees.) Läkartidningen 93: 1459-1460
10. Rekommenderade läkemedel (1995) Sydvästra sjukvårdsområdet och Huddinge sjukhus. Huddinge (Guidelines for Drugs in South West of Stockholm 1995) pp 1-20
11. Sacket DL, Rosenberg WMC, Gray JAM, Haynes RB, Richardson WS (1996) Evidence based medicine: what is it and what it isn't. It's about integrating individual clinical expertise and the best external evidence. Br Med J 312: 71-72
12. Lawrence M, Olesen F (1997) Indicators of quality in health care. Eur J Gen Pract 3: 103-108
13. Bergman U, Vaccheri A, Göransson P, Wettermark B, Montanaro N (1997) Prescribing of NSAIDs in relation to the drug market: an Italian Swedish comparison. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 52[Suppl]: A37: 34
14. Andersen M, Bjerrum L, Wettermark B, Arrhenius L, Gram LF, Bergman U (1997) Prescribing pattern of NSAIDs in Denmark and Sweden using the DU90% methodology. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 52[Suppl]: A37:31
15. Popa C, Tomson Y, Engfeldt P, Bergman U (1997) Prescribing profiles as indicators for rational use of drugs. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 52(Suppl): A46:69
16. Beardon PHG, McGilchrist MM, McKendrick AD, McDevitt DG, MacDonald TM (1993) Primary non-compliance with prescribed medication in primary care. BMJ 307: 846-848
17. Dukes MNG (Ed.), Drug utilization studies: methods and uses (1993) Copenhagen: World Health Organization, European Office. European Series No. 45
18. Nordic Statistics on Medicines 1990 1992 (1993) NLN Publication No 34. Nordic Council on Medicines, Uppsala/Stockholm
19. Australian Statistics on Medicines 1995 (1997) Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Commonwealth of Australia
20. McGavock H (1992) Peer-review audit of GP prescribing in N Ireland - techniques and results. In: Auditing drug therapy. Approaches towards rationality at reasonable costs. Swedish Pharmaceutical Press, Stockholm, pp 93-103
21. Hill-Smith I (1996) Sharing resources to create a district drug formulary: a countrywide controlled trial. Br J Gen Pract 46: 271-275
22. Inman W, Pearce G (1993) Prescriber profile and post-marketing surveillance. Lancet 342: 658-661
23. Leufkens HGM, Urquhart J (1993) Prescriber profile and post-marketing surveillance. Lancet 342: 1178
24. Bateman DN, Eccles M, Campbell M, Soutter J, Roberts SJ, Smith JM (1996) Setting standards of prescribing performance in primary care: use of a consensus group of general practitioners and application of standards to practice in the north of England. Br J Gen Practice 46: 20-25