Medicines and the Pharmaceutical Sector in a Changing Environment
Published 15.10.2021
This research project comprises three subprojects:
- Systems and structures of the pharmaceutical sector and medicine life cycle in an evolving service system
- Rational prescribing and pharmacotherapy
- Evolving information systems
The goal of subproject 1 is to examine how the structures, systems, and operators of the pharmaceutical sector as well as the life cycle phase of medicines affect the use, prices, and costs of medicines. Furthermore, the subproject produces information to help with national and regional decision-making in the evolving environment of social welfare services, healthcare, and social security. In subproject 2, we produce information on prescribing practices and medicine use as well as their relationship and effects. Subproject 3 studies the effects of Kanta services’ latest features on the prescribing, use, and costs of medicines.
Researchers
- Hanna Koskinen, Leading Researcher (subproject I)
- Heini Kari, Leading Researcher (subprojects II and III)
- Iiro Ahomäki
- Pekka Heino
- Terhi Kurko
- Satu Kuusisto
- Leeni Minkkinen
- Fredriikka Nurminen
- Hanna Rättö
- Kati Sarnola
Project Implementation Period
15.10.2021–31.12.2026
Project Results
- Non-dispensed prescriptions – A nationwide descriptive study (Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy)
- Lääkkeet ja lääkeala muuttuvassa toimintaympäristössä: Lääkerekisteriaineistojen kuvaus
- Lihavuuslääkkeiden kulutus kasvanut nopeasti – semaglutidi korostuu (Suomen lääkärilehti)
- Antibioottien käyttö vähentynyt Suomessa, mutta globaali mikrobilääkeresistenssi uhkaa myös meitä (Kelan tutkimusblogi 20.11.2024)
- Lihavuuslääkkeiden käyttäjämäärät ja kustannukset kasvavat voimakkaasti (Kelan tutkimusblogi 8.10.2024)
- Trends in Semaglutide Prescribing and Dispensing – A Nationwide Register-Based Study (ISPOR EUROPE 2023 13.11.2023)
- Non-Dispensed Prescriptions From the Public and Private Health Care Sectors: A Comparative Register Study (ISPOR EUROPE 2023 13.11.2023)
- A Nationwide Register-Based Study on Automated Dose Dispensing for Primary Care Patients (FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 1.-4.9.2024)
- Characteristics of the Outpatient Care Medicines That Exited the Reimbursement System During 2010–2022 – A Nationwide Register Study (FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 1.-4.9.2024)
- Mental Health and Non-Dispensed Medications for Chronic Diseases – A Nationwide Register Study on Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes (FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 1.-4.9.2024)
- Prevalence and costs of potentially inappropriate medications for elderly people using an automated multidose dispensing service – A nationwide register-based study (ISPOR EUROPE 17.-20.11.2024)
