3.07 Rational pharmacotherapy should have a holistic outlook
Rational pharmacotherapy is to be understood as “the right medicine, to the right patient, at the right time”.
Lif’s view of rational pharmacotherapy is based on a holistic picture which takes into account many of the indirect economic benefits such as fewer sick days, fewer or shorter hospitalisations, lesser use of other health-related services, etc.
Rational use of medicinal products must be seen in relation to relevant treatment alternatives or prevention initiatives, and not merely in relation to the price of the drug therapy concerned.
Lif is working actively to promote rational pharmacotherapy by participating in a special steering group for the Institute for Rational Pharmacotherapy. Lif also holds regular meetings with Denmark’s clinical pharmacologists and relevant scientific societies.
Lif believes:
- that rational pharmacotherapy ought to include the compliance aspect, especially with regard to new pharmaceutical forms, dispensing forms, preparations, etc.
- that it would be appropriate to establish (primarily electronic) decision support systems (group level), for the doctor to use in choosing the particular medicinal product for a particular situation,
- that when therapeutic effects are evaluated and assessed, the views of a wider circle of stakeholders, for example, patient organisations, ought to be taken into account, and
- that health economics analyses and considerations should be taken into account in the choice of medicinal product.
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