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Erschienen in: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 1/2017

01.02.2017 | Editorial

‘Appropriateness’ in Italy: A ‘Magic Word’ in Pharmaceuticals?

verfasst von: Livio Garattini, Anna Padula

Erschienen in: Applied Health Economics and Health Policy | Ausgabe 1/2017

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Appropriateness is the term largely used in Italy in the debate on efficient allocation of health-care services. Various domestic laws mention it, stressing its importance for enhancing the performance of the Italian National Health Service (INHS). The latest finance law even introduced a ‘Commission for the Promotion of Appropriateness in the INHS’, aiming at ‘leading a continuous evaluation of existing and forthcoming health care services and assessing their economic impact’ [1]. …
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We used the MeSH terms ‘inappropriate prescribing’ for the search. From the 359 studies published in English on the subject up to December 2015, 353 were discarded, being: (1) reviews focused on specific medicines (182) or prescriptions in older patients and/or polypharmacy (84); (2) studies on methods, evaluation criteria and guidelines (16) or other topics (71).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
‘Appropriateness’ in Italy: A ‘Magic Word’ in Pharmaceuticals?
verfasst von
Livio Garattini
Anna Padula
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2017
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy / Ausgabe 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1175-5652
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-1896
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-016-0240-7

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