Utilization of oral antidiabetic medications in Taiwan following strategies to promote access to medicines for chronic diseases in community pharmacies

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Jason C Hsu¹  Ching-Lan Cheng¹  Christine Y Lu¹  Dennis Ross-Degnan¹  Anita K Wagner¹  Fang Zhang¹  Yea-Huei Kao Yang¹ 

[1] School of Pharmacy and Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

关键词: Interrupted time series;    Oral antidiabetic medications;    Chronic medication prescriptions;    Taiwan;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40545-015-0035-5

学科分类：药理学

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Objectives

Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) has encouraged physicians to use “chronic medication prescriptions” for patients with stable chronic diseases since 1995. Patients are allowed to refill such prescriptions at community pharmacies for a maximum of three months’ supply of medications without revisiting the doctor. In 2006, NHI initiated strategies targeting the public, doctors, and healthcare facilities to enhance the overall rate of chronic medication prescriptions, aiming to achieve 30% by 2010. We examined prescribing and dispensing of oral antidiabetic drugs from 2001 to 2010, before and after the start of the promotion strategies for chronic medication prescriptions in 2006.

【 授权许可】

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