Presentation
I am a researcher at Kela’s Research Unit. My area of research includes register-based research on the use of medicines, especially research related to the Kanta prescription service.
Expertise
- register-based research
Ongoing research projects
- Medicines and the Pharmaceutical Sector in a Changing Environment
- Social Crises and Their Impact on Medicine Consumption
Publications
- Nurminen, F., Koskinen, H., Rättö, H., Heino, P., & Kari, H. (2023). Lääkkeet ja lääkeala muuttuvassa toimintaympäristössä: Lääkerekisteriaineistojen kuvaus. Kela. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20231220155977
- Nurminen, F., Rättö, H., Arvio, M., Teittinen, A., Vesala, H. T., and Saastamoinen, L. (2022) Medicine use in people with intellectual disabilities: a Finnish nationwide register study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12988
Publications and research projects
Cough Medicine Prescriptions for Children by Physician Specialty and Healthcare Sector
Despite guidelines advising against cough and cold medicines (CCMs) in children, prescribing persists.
Excessive Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medications Are Common in Automated Dose Dispensing
This register-based study is to describe the users of the automated dose dispensing (ADD) service and their medications dispensed through ADD.
Non-Dispensed Prescriptions – A Nationwide Descriptive Study
The aim of this study was to estimate the number and share of non-dispensed prescriptions at a national level and in specific patient and medicine subgroups.
Medicine Use in People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Finnish Nationwide Register Study
Compared with the control group, people with ID used more medicines, especially psychotropics, and their expenditure on medicine use was higher.
Medicines and the Pharmaceutical Sector in a Changing Environment
The research project examines the structures and systems of the pharmaceutical sector, prescribing practices and medicine use, and evolving information systems.
Social Crises and Their Impact on Medicine Consumption
This study investigates the trends in prescribing medicines and medicine consumption in outpatient care during the COVID-19 epidemic in Finland.
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