Drug utilisation study (i.e. characteristics of drug use(rs)/treatment patters/adherence/persistence) Publications

• Effects of European Society of Cardiology guidelines on medication profiles after hospitalization for heart failure in 22,476 Dutch patients: from 2001 until 2015.Abstract

  Prescriber adherence to guideline-recommended medication in patients with heart failure (HF) in clinical practice is suboptimal. We analyzed how evolving guideline recommendations influenced medication profiles after a first HF hospitalization. Wextracted medication profiles from the Dutch PHARMO Database Network for 22,476 patients with a diagnosis of HF at hospital discharge between 2001 and 2015

  Kruik-Kolloffel WJ, Linssen GCM, Kruik HJ, Movig KLL, Heintjes EM, van der Palen J. Heart Fail Rev. 2019 Mar 8; 24 499-510.

• Prevalence of Drug Prescriptions and Potential Safety in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Retrospective Real-World Study.Abstract

  Weersink RianneA, Taxis Katja, Drenth JoostPH, Houben Eline, Metselaar HeroldJ, Borgsteede Sander D. Drug Safety. 2019 42 539-546.