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- Agreus, Lars, et al.
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Stor överförskrivning och ökat bruk av protonpumpshämmare : Utbildning och information är en nyckel till att vägleda läkare och allmänhet till rätt användning [Significant over- and misuse of PPIs]
- 2021
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Ingår i: Läkartidningen. - Stockholm, Sweden : Läkartidningen Förlag AB. - 0023-7205 .- 1652-7518. ; 118
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PPIs (Proton-pump inhibitors) offers the best treatment for acid related diseases. The predominant indications for PPI prescription are:GERDeradication of H. pylori-infection in combination with antibioticsH. pylori-negative peptic ulcer healing of and prophylaxis against NSAID/COXIB--induced gastroduodenal lesions acid hypersecretory states such as Zollinger-Ellisons syndrome.The market for PPIs continues to expand in most countries. A significant over- and misuse of PPIs prevails in hospital care as well as in general practice. The predominant reasons for and mechanisms behind the over- and misuse of PPIs are well recognised. The most important consequences of this overprescription of PPIs are increasing medical costs and risk for long-term adverse side effects. Continued education and dedicated information are key factors to guide physicians, medical personnel and patients to adopt to generally accepted principles for and balanced use of PPIs.
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- Borgquist, Lars, 1944-, et al.
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Magsårssjukdomens paradigmskiften – från högspecialiserad vårdorganisation till egenvård [The paradigm shift for peptic ulcer disease]
- 2018
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Ingår i: Läkartidningen. - Stockholm, Sweden : Läkartidningen Förlag AB. - 0023-7205 .- 1652-7518. ; 115
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Knowledge development and paradigm shift for peptic ulcer disease is described over a fifty-year period using four levels of knowledge that place demands on the healthcare organization. When medical knowledge reached a healing level, continuity became subordinate. However, accessibility to treatment became more important. An important task for future healthcare will be to define and create broader knowledge structures. Efficiency losses can occur when control instruments apply to medical problems at low levels of knowledge which are not mature for this.
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- Agreus, L, et al.
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The cost of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, dyspepsia and peptic ulcer disease in Sweden
- 2002
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Ingår i: PharmacoEconomics (Auckland). - 1170-7690 .- 1179-2027. ; 20:5, s. 347-355
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background and objective: Dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) involve a substantial cost to Swedish society. There is a lack of up-to-date nationwide cost estimates after 1985. This study was conducted to present a comprehensive and updated cost analysis and study the change over time of the national cost of these disorders. Design and setting: Primarily, data from National Swedish databases and secondly, data from databases from the County of Uppsala for 1997 were used for the calculations and estimations. Perspective: Swedish societal perspective. Results: The total cost to Swedish society of dyspepsia, PUD and GORD in 1997 was $US424 million, or $US63 per adult. Direct costs totalled $US258 million (61%) while indirect costs totalled $US166 million (39%). The highest proportions of costs were due to drugs and sick leave, these being 37 and 34%, respectively. Conclusions: The cost of dyspepsia and GORD is substantial for patients, health providers and society. Since 1985, drug costs have increased substantially while the cost of sick leave has decreased.
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- Agvall, Björn, 1963-, et al.
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Cost of heart failure in Swedish primary healthcare
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0281-3432 .- 1502-7724. ; 23, s. 227-232
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives. To calculate the cost for patients with heart failure (HF) in a primary healthcare setting. Design. Retrospective study of all available patient data during a period of one year. Setting. Two healthcare centers in Linköping in the southeastern region of Sweden, covering a population of 19 400 inhabitants. Subjects. A total of 115 patients with a diagnosis of HF. Main outcome measures. The healthcare costs for patients with HF and the healthcare utilization concerning hospital days and visits to doctors and nurses in hospital care and primary healthcare. Results. The mean annual cost for a patient with HF was SEK 37 100. There were no significant differences in cost between gender, age, New York Heart Association functional class, and cardiac function. The distribution of cost was 47% for hospital care, 22% for primary healthcare, 18% for medication, 5% for nursing home, and 6% for examinations. Conclusion. Hospital care accounts for the largest cost but the cost in primary healthcare is larger than previously shown. The total annual cost for patients with HF in Sweden is in the range of SEK 5.0–6.7 billion according to this calculation, which is higher than previously known.Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02813430500197647
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- Arrelöv, Britt, et al.
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Influence of local structural factors on physicians' sick-listing practice : a population-based study
- 2005
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Ingår i: European Journal of Public Health. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1101-1262 .- 1464-360X. ; 15:5, s. 470-4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Physicians have a central role as gatekeepers to the social security system, includingsick-listing. Variation in physicians’ sick-listing practices has been demonstrated in several studies. Theobjective of this study was to determine whether local structural factors affect sick-listing practice.Methods: A total of 57 563 consecutive sick-listing certificates, issued during 4 months in 1995 and2 months in 1996, were collected from the local branches of the National Social Insurance Office ineight Swedish counties. County code, local community population size and presence of a hospital in thearea were used as indicators of local structural factors. Length of the sick-listing certificates and of thesick-listing episodes were used as outcome variables. Results: After ajustment for the influence of categoryof issuing physician, patients’ age, sex and diagnosis (‘case mix’), and type of certificate there was alarge variation of the length of the sick-listing certificates and of the sick-listing episodes betweencounties, between communities of various size and between communities with or without a hospitalin the area. All these factors were independently and significantly correlated to the length of thecertificate and of the sick-listing episode. Conclusions: The results support the hypothesis that physicians’sick-listing practice is influenced by local structural factors.
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- Arrelöv, B, et al.
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The influence of change of legislation concerning sickness absence on physicians' performance as certifiers : A population-based study
- 2003
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Ingår i: Health Policy. - 0168-8510 .- 1872-6054. ; 63:3, s. 259-268
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, a change of the legislation for sickness absence became effective on 1st October, 1995. The purpose of the change was to reduce costs for sickness absence by exclusion of non-medical criteria for sick-listing, more part-time sick-listing and faster rehabilitation. This study was conducted in order to describe and analyse certification practice of various physician categories, before and after the change in legislation. Thirty-one thousand seven hundred and thirty certificates for sickness absence, collected by the local offices of the National Social Insurance Board in eight Swedish counties, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The number of certificates decreased temporarily. The number of certified net days, i.e. crude days multiplied by degree, tended to increase and there was no shift from full to partial sick-listing during the period. There were small changes regarding case mix, i.e. patient characteristics, and sick-listing physician category. The results were almost unchanged when these small changes were taken into account. General practitioners issued significantly shorter periods of sick-leave than the other categories both years. The goals of the legislative change were thus not met. The result of the study indicates that other factors than the legislation may be more important for physicians' practice. ⌐ 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Arvidsson, Eva, 1959-, et al.
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Så resonerar läkare och sjuksköterskor vid prioriteringar av patienter i primärvård
- 2007
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Studier av prioriteringar i primärvården är särskilt intressanta eftersom det är där de allra flesta av oss kommer i kontakt med hälso- och sjukvården. Det är också i primärvården prioriteringar och olika former av ransonering på grund av begränsade resurser är vanliga. De allra flesta av oss förstår och accepterar att vi inte omedelbart kan få träffa en läkare om det inte rör sig om akuta och allvarliga sjukdomstillstånd. Vi finner många gånger ett råd om egenvård som en tillfredställande lösning för tillfället. Hur olika prioriteringar görs ”bakom kulisserna” är dock många gånger oklart för oss. Vi kan ibland t.ex. undra varför vi får betala för vissa vårdtjänster medan andra är gratis. Osäkerhet om på vilka grunder prioriteringar sker gäller inte bara för patienter utan även sjukvårdspersonal. Erfarenheter från flera olika håll i Sverige pekar på att de etiska riktlinjer som utgör kärnan i riksdagens prioriteringsprinciper är svåra att använda i praktiken. Det är därför angeläget att få mer kunskap om hur prioriteringsprinciper och begrepp uppfattas av sjukvårdspersonalen för att utveckla arbetsformer som är begripliga och förenliga med rådande rutiner.Distriktsläkare, mottagningssköterskor och distriktssköterskor vid fyra vårdcentraler som tidigare deltagit i en prioriteringsstudie har inbjudits att diskutera prioriteringar utifrån ett antal frågeställningar. Resultaten från dessa diskussioner visar bland att olika begrepp tolkas på många olika sätt. En framgångsrik implementering av den etiska plattformen kräver antagligen betydligt mer av öppna diskussioner om prioriteringar och principer i det dagliga vårdarbetet.Två allmänläkare Eva Arvidsson från Kalmar och Malin André från Falun har bidragit med den största insatsen i projektet som för övrigt inbegriper Lars Borgquist från Avdelningen för allmänmedicin vid Linköpings universitet och Kjell Lindström från Primärvårdens utvecklingsenhet i Jönköping. Studien har finansierats av Forskningsrådet för sydöstra sjukvårdsregionen (FORSS).Jag vill på projektgruppens vägnar tacka alla medverkande från vårdcentralerna Lindsdal och Borgholm i Kalmar läns landsting, Öxnehaga i Jönköpings läns landsting och Ryds vårdcentral i Landstinget i Östergötland.Linköping 2007-07-24Per Carlsson
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