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Antirheumatic medicine prescribing patterns and direct medicine costs in the South African private health sector
Olivier, Nericke; Lubbe, Martie; Joubert, Rianda; Naudé, Adele; Burger, Johanita (Elsevier, 2018)Objectives To describe antirheumatic medicine prescribing patterns and to estimate the total annual direct medicine cost of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the private health sector of South Africa. Methods A retrospective, ... -
Challenges and issues in drug utilization research identified from the Latin American and African regions
Salas, Maribel; Burger, Johanita; Lopes, Luciane C.; Godman, Brian; Truter, Ilse (Wiley, 2018)Background: Despite advancements in drug utilization research (DUR), these have not been universal. Some regions such as the Latin America (LatAm) and African regions are facing challenges that are impeding the development ... -
Chronic disease list conditions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the private healthcare sector of South Africa
Olivier, Nericke; Burger, Johanita; Joubert, Rianda; Lubbe, Martie; Naudé, Adele; Cockeran, Marike (Springer, 2018)Introduction Little is known about the burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in South Africa. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of RA and coexisting chronic disease list (CDL) conditions in the private ... -
Increasing access to drug utilization data globally: developing an action plan
Elseviers, Monique; Burger, Johanita; Benko, Ria; Osorio-de-Castro, Claudia; May, Frank (Wiley, 2018)Background: Drug utilization (DU) research intends to support health authorities in the development of evidence‐informed pharmaceutical policy and practice guidelines, with the interest of the patients and communities in ... -
Non-prescription sale and dispensing of antibiotics in community pharmacies in Zambia
Kalungia, Aubrey Chichonyi; Burger, Johanita; Godman, Brian; De Oliveira Costa, Juliana; Simuwelu, Chimwemwe (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Background: In Zambia, antibiotics are categorized as prescription-only medicines. Antibiotics dispensed without a prescription pose a public health threat, which is a concern. Consequently, the aim is to ascertain the ... -
Outcome of the second Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa Group meeting to promote sustainable and appropriate medicine use in Africa
Massele, Amos; Burger, Johanita; Kalemeera, Francis; Jande, Mary; Didimalang, Thatayaone (Taylor & Francis, 2017)The second Medicines Utilization Research in Africa (MURIA) group workshop and symposium again brought researchers together from across Africa to improve their knowledge of drug utilization (DU) methodologies and exchange ... -
Pharmacoepidemiology capacity building in the Latin American and African regions
Salas, Maribel; Burger, Johanita; Lubbe, Martie; Castillo, Wendy Camelo; Juarez, Lucia D. (Wiley, 2019)Background: An electronic screening survey of pharmacoepidemiology (PE) capacity building was developed for the Latin America (LatAm) and African regions. The objective of the screening survey was to identify a target ... -
Pilot of a pharmacoepidemiology capacity building electronic survey for the Latin American and African regions
Salas, Maribel; Burger, Johanita; Castillo, Wendy Camelo; Juarez, Lucia D.; Zhang, Chengchen (Wiley, 2018)Background: The ISPE Global Development Committee in collaboration with the Educational Committee and ISPE Board of Directors aims to build‐up pharmacoepidemiology (PE) research capacity in the Latin America (LatAm) and ...