Medicines have made an appreciable contribution to improving health. However, even high-
income countries are struggling to fund new premium-priced medicines. This will grow …

Treatment of elderly patients exhibits special characteristics and is often a sensitive process
within the scope of a general practitioner's work. Elderly patients present with more …

ContextRecently approved drugs may be more likely to have unrecognized adverse drug
reactions (ADRs) than established drugs, but no recent studies have examined how …

Objective To assess how pressures from patients on doctors in the consultation contribute to
referral and investigation. Design Observational study nested within a randomised …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to understand the range of factors that influence GPs'
uptake of new drugs Methods. A total of 107 GPs selected purposively from high, medium …

Background Over the past few decades, drug and overall healthcare expenditure have risen
rapidly in most countries. The present study investigates the attitudes and the factors which …

Background. Prescription of new drugs contributes to substantial increases in annual drug
expenditures. A small proportion of physicians appear to be early users of new prescription …

Background: Anticholinergic and sedative (ACh-Sed) medications are commonly prescribed
for older adults and are associated with adverse events. Objectives:(1) To investigate …

BACKGROUND Strategies to control the quality and cost of medication use are largely
dependent on the ability to alter selection of medications. Previous models of prescribing …

Introduction: European countries need to learn from each other to address unsustainable
increases in pharmaceutical expenditures. Objective: To assess the influence of the many …