Appropriateness of the Prescription and Use of Medicines: An Old Concept but More Relevant than Ever

Manuela Casula; Ilaria Ardoino; Carlotta Franchi

doi:10.3390/ijerph20032700

Appropriateness of the Prescription and Use of Medicines: An Old Concept but More Relevant than Ever

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 2;20(3):2700. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032700.

Authors

Manuela Casula^{1

2}, Ilaria Ardoino³, Carlotta Franchi^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology Service (SEFAP), Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.
² IRCCS MultiMedica, Sesto S. Giovanni, 20099 Milan, Italy.
³ Laboratory of Pharmacoepidemiology and Human Nutrition, Department of Health Policy, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy.
⁴ Italian Institute for Planetary Health (IIPH), 20156 Milan, Italy.

Abstract

The availability of drugs to treat diseases, control symptoms, or prevent their onset is one of the most important resources for maintaining health [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Prescription Drugs* / therapeutic use
Prescriptions*

Substances

Prescription Drugs

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.