Comparison of drug prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national European study

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=iGxvO~AI9q" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=iGxvO~AI9q</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.5509" target="_blank" >10.1002/pds.5509</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Comparison of drug prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national European study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on many aspects of life including health care. We assumed that also drug prescribing would be affected. Our aim was to describe changes in prescription drug dispensing in the outpatient sector during the first year of the pandemic across Europe. We used large data sets on dispensed volumes of medicines and their pack sizes in eight European countries (five whole countries and three represented by one region each), comparing the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the preceding 3 years. In all countries/regions we observed a substantial decrease in dispensed volumes of antibiotics for systemic use (i.e., usually oral antibiotics) and nasal preparations. In March 2020 we observed an increase in dispensed volume of medicines in all countries/regions but Slovenia, where this effect occurred only after the end of the lockdown connected to the first wave of the pandemic. Increases in average pack size dispensed were rather mild and exceeded 5% only in three of the countries/regions. Although the first year of the pandemic brought substantial changes in dispensed volumes of medicines, it is reassuring that medicines for treating common chronic conditions were usually little affected.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Comparison of drug prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-national European study

Popis výsledku anglicky

The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on many aspects of life including health care. We assumed that also drug prescribing would be affected. Our aim was to describe changes in prescription drug dispensing in the outpatient sector during the first year of the pandemic across Europe. We used large data sets on dispensed volumes of medicines and their pack sizes in eight European countries (five whole countries and three represented by one region each), comparing the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the preceding 3 years. In all countries/regions we observed a substantial decrease in dispensed volumes of antibiotics for systemic use (i.e., usually oral antibiotics) and nasal preparations. In March 2020 we observed an increase in dispensed volume of medicines in all countries/regions but Slovenia, where this effect occurred only after the end of the lockdown connected to the first wave of the pandemic. Increases in average pack size dispensed were rather mild and exceeded 5% only in three of the countries/regions. Although the first year of the pandemic brought substantial changes in dispensed volumes of medicines, it is reassuring that medicines for treating common chronic conditions were usually little affected.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety [online]

ISSN

1099-1557

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

31

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

10

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

1046-1055

Kód UT WoS článku

000826768300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85135055739