Drug utilization profile in a large out-hospital Italian children population;Il profilo prescrittivo della popolazione pediatrica Italiana nelle cure primarie

Ricerca e Pratica

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 224-244

  Clavenna, Antonio ^a   Bonati, Maurizio ^a   Rossi, Elisa ^b   Berti, Alessandra ^b   De Rosa, Marisa ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CINECA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; National health service; Pharmacoeconomics; Pharmacoepidemiology; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 10644247714     PISSN: 1120379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (24)

1. rd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
2. World Health Organization. The rational use of drugs. WHO, Geneva, 1987.
3. The U.S. Pharmacopeia Drug Utilization Review Advisory Panel. Drug utilization review: mechanisms to improve its effectiveness and broaden its scope. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) 2000; 40: 538-45.
4. Choonara I, Nunn AJ, Kearns G, eds. Introduction to paediatric and perinatal drug therapy. Nottingham: Nottingham Univerity Press, 2003.
5. Clavenna A, Pandolfini C, Bonati M. Public disclosure of clinical trials in children. Curr Ther Clin Exp 2002; 63: 707-16.
6. Caldwell PHY, Murphy SB, Butow PN, Craig JC. Clinical trials in children. Lancet 2004; 364: 803-11.
7. Pandolfini C, Bonati M. Off-label drug use in children in Europe. A major health issue. Pharm Dev Regul 2003; 1: 133-43.
8. Borgnolo G, Simon G, Francescutti C, et al. Antibiotic prescription in Italian children: a population-based study in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, North-East Italy. Acta Pediatr 2001; 90: 1316-20.
9. Resi D, Milandri M, Moro ML, et al. Antibiotic prescriptions in children. Antimicrob Chemother 2003; 52: 282-6.
10. Campi R, Pandolfini C, Colombo F, et al. Tanto inchiostro per scrivere pochi principi. Occhio Clinico Pediatria 2000; 7: 12-4.
11. Rossi E, De Rosa M, Bonati M, et al. La prescrizione farmaceutica pediatrica nell'ambito delle cure primarie. Rapporto dalla banca dati ARNO. Giornale Italiano di Farmacia Clinica 2001; 15: 26-9.
12. Cazzato T, Pandolfini C, Campi R, Bonati M, The ACP Puglia-Basilicata Working Group. Drug prescribing in out-patient children in Southern Italy. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2001; 57: 611-6.
13. Thrane N, Sørensen HT. A one-year population-based study of drug prescriptions for Danish children. Acta Paediatr 1999; 88: 1131-6.
14. McIntyre J, Conroy S, Avery A, Corns H, Choonara I. Unlicensed and off label prescribing of drugs in general practice. Arch Dis Child 2000; 83: 498-501.
15. Schirm E, van den Berg P, Gebben H, Sauer P, de Jong-van den Berg L. Drug use of children in the community assessed through pharmacy dispensing data. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2000; 50: 473-8.
16. Madsen H, Anderson M, Halls J. Drug prescribing among Danish children: a population-based study. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2001; 57: 159-65.
17. Abi Khaled L, Ahmad F, Brogan T, et al. Prescription medicine use by one million Canadian children. Paediatrics Child Health 2003; 8 (Suppl. A).
18. Clavenna A, Rossi E, Berti A, Pedrazzi G, De Rosa M, Bonati M. Inappropriate use of anti-asthmatic drugs in the Italian paediatric population. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2003; 59: 565-9.
19. Gabutti G, Penna C, Rossi M, et al. The seroepidemiology of varicella in Italy. Epidemiol Infect 2001; 126: 433-40.
20. Klassen TP, Belseck EM, Wiebe N, Hartling L. Acyclovir for treating varicella in otherwise healthy children and adolescents. (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2004. Chichester, Uk: Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
21. Bonati M, Clavenna A, Rocchi F. Corticosteroidi in età pediatrica. Marketing e prescrizione. Informazione sui Farmaci 2001; 2-3: 79-82.
22. Clavenna A, Rossi E, Berti A, Pedrazzi G, De Rosa M, Bonati M. Uso di farmaci antiasmatici nei bambini italiani. Quaderni acp 2002; 6: 10-3.
23. Forum di Pediatria On Line. www.pediatria.it.
24. AAVV. Guida all'uso dei farmaci per i bambini. Ministero della Salute. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma 2003.