Objective: To evaluate trends in the use of antipsychotic drugs in Lithuania between 2003 and 2005 years.
Methods: The data on total sales of antipsychotic drugs in all Lithuanian regions over three years (2003-2005) were obtained from IMS Health Inc. Drugs were classified according to the Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical system and use was quantified in terms of defined daily doses. Meta-analysis of observational studies retrieved through systematic search of all available electronic data sources. 1651 abstracts were found and checked. 76 randomised double-blind studies were identified for the met-analysis. Data were calculated by DDD methodology and expressed in DDDs per 1.000 inhabitants per day. The pharmacoeconomic analysis of antipsychotics was performed by cost minimization and reference price methodology.
Results: In Lithuania the total antipsychotics consumption increased by 16% over three years (2003-2005) period reaching the value of 5,5 DDD/1000 inhabitants/day. Since 2003 the proportion of use of conventional antipsychotics has increased by 2%, while the use of atypical antipsychotics has increased by 14%. The expenditures of antipsychotics has reached 39 mln Litas (in 2005), of which 48% was costs for atypical antipsychotic agents. Setting the reference price of risperidone (according to the meta-analysis results of effectiveness) for atypical antipsychotics it would be possible to rationalize schizophrenia treatment using 10,68 mln Litas extra money.
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| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060720_145250-87105 |
| Date | 20 July 2006 |
| Creators | Katajceva, Liubov |
| Contributors | Vainauskas, P., Marksienė, R., Savickas, A., Savickienė, N., Kaduševičius, E., Janulis, V., Kalvenienė, Z., Tarasevičius, E., Radžiūnas, R., Sveikata, A., Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060720_145250-87105 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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