Search for dissertations about: "Pharmaceutical care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words Pharmaceutical care.

  2. 1. Pharmaceutical care in coronary heart disease

    Author : Malin Johansson Östbring; Göran Petersson; Lina Hellström; Tommy Eriksson; Hughes Carmel; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; pharmaceutical care; patient experience; medication adherence; medicine management; medication review; motivational interviewing; coronary heart disease; secondary prevention; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; cardiac rehabilitation; multi-professional collaboration; drug-related problems; pragmatic clinical trial; randomized controlled trial; qualitative analysis; process evaluation; Biomedical Sciences; Biomedicinsk vetenskap; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Background: In coronary heart disease (CHD), pharmaceutical care implies that health care professionals cooperate with the patient to optimize drug therapy primarily for secondary prevention. Low adherence and discontinuation of drugs are common among patients with CHD, and this is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. READ MORE

  4. 2. Economic policy in health care : Sickness absence and pharmaceutical costs

    Author : David Granlund; Magnus Wikström; Niklas Rudholm; Åke G Blomquist; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vertical fiscal externalities; sickness absence; sickness benefits; health care expenditure; fixed budgets; pharmaceuticals; cost containment; dynamic panel data models; endogeneity; propensity score matching; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four papers. The first two concerns health care and sickness absence, and the last two pharmaceutical costs and prices. Paper [I] presents an economic federation model which resembles the situation in, for example, Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Counselling in Swedish Community Pharmacies : Understanding the Process of a Pharmaceutical Care Service

    Author : Anna Montgomery; Åsa Kettis Lindblad; Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong; Mary P. Tully; Anna-Birna Almarsdottír; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Community pharmacy; Counselling; Pharmaceutical care; Sweden; Community pharmacy services; Samhällsfarmaci; Social Pharmacy; samhällsfarmaci;

    Abstract : Community pharmacy practice is moving towards patient care and away from the mere dispensing of medicines. In this movement, which is guided by the philosophy of Pharmaceutical care (PC), new counselling services emerge. READ MORE

  6. 4. Swedish Pharmaceutical Benefit Reforms ?Analyses of implementation, pharmaceutical sales patterns and expenditures

    Author : Karolina Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; pharmaceutical policy; health care reform; reimbursement; co-payment; reference-based pricing; generic substitution; drug cost; cost sharing;

    Abstract : Background: Over the last few decades, the sales of prescription drugs have increased dramatically in many western countries; however, this increase requires individuals and society to bear larger economic consequences. To improve cost control for pharmaceuticals, several reforms attempt to reconcile the economic responsibility of the patients, prescribers and third party payers. READ MORE

  7. 5. Pharmacometric tools to support translational drug development

    Author : Rami Ayoun Alsoud; Ulrika S. H. Simonsson; Michael Lyons; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; drug development; pharmacometrics; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; non-linear mixed effect models; tuberculosis; dose selection; interspecies scaling; pediatric trials; Farmaceutisk vetenskap; Pharmaceutical Science;

    Abstract : The use of model-informed drug development has been shown to save significant costs and improve decision making early in the drug development process. The work in this PhD thesis aimed to employ pharmacometric tools to support translational drug development from the preclinical to the late clinical stages. READ MORE