Drug expenditure of high-cost patients and their characteristics in Finland

[1] Ess SM(2003)European healthcare policies for controlling drug expenditure Pharmacoeconomics 21 89-102

[2] Schneeweiss S(2001)The concentration on health care expenditures Revisit. Health Affairs 20 9-18

[3] Szucs TD(1989)Heavy users of prescription drugs—mortality and stability in use patterns Scand. J. Prim. Health Care 7 149-155

[4] Berk ML(1994)Individualized drug utilization statistics. Analyzing a population’s drug use from the perspective of individual users Eur. J. Clin.Pharmacol. 47 367-372

[5] Monheit AC(2007)Prescription drugs and the changing concentration of health care expenditures Health Aff. 26 249-257

[6] Isacson D(2001)Growth in prescription drug spending among insured elders Health Aff. 20 265-277

[7] Haglund B(2007)Characteristics of older adults who meet the annual prescription drug expenditure threshold for Medicare medication therapy management programs J. Manag. Care Pharm. 13 142-154

[8] Hallas J(2011)Acquisition cost of dispensed drugs in individuals with multiple medications—a register-based study in Sweden Health Policy 101 153-161

[9] Nissen A(2011)Potentially inappropriate medications in geriatric outpatients with polypharmacy: application of six sets of published explicit criteria Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 72 482-489

[10] Zuvekas SH(2010)Polypharmacy in nursing home residents in the United States: results of the 2004 national nursing home survey Am. J. Ger. Pharmacother. 8 63-72

[1] Ess SM(2003)European healthcare policies for controlling drug expenditure Pharmacoeconomics 21 89-102

[2] Schneeweiss S(2001)The concentration on health care expenditures Revisit. Health Affairs 20 9-18

[3] Szucs TD(1989)Heavy users of prescription drugs—mortality and stability in use patterns Scand. J. Prim. Health Care 7 149-155

[4] Berk ML(1994)Individualized drug utilization statistics. Analyzing a population’s drug use from the perspective of individual users Eur. J. Clin.Pharmacol. 47 367-372

[5] Monheit AC(2007)Prescription drugs and the changing concentration of health care expenditures Health Aff. 26 249-257

[6] Isacson D(2001)Growth in prescription drug spending among insured elders Health Aff. 20 265-277

[7] Haglund B(2007)Characteristics of older adults who meet the annual prescription drug expenditure threshold for Medicare medication therapy management programs J. Manag. Care Pharm. 13 142-154

[8] Hallas J(2011)Acquisition cost of dispensed drugs in individuals with multiple medications—a register-based study in Sweden Health Policy 101 153-161

[9] Nissen A(2011)Potentially inappropriate medications in geriatric outpatients with polypharmacy: application of six sets of published explicit criteria Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 72 482-489

[10] Zuvekas SH(2010)Polypharmacy in nursing home residents in the United States: results of the 2004 national nursing home survey Am. J. Ger. Pharmacother. 8 63-72