Evaluating the utilisation patterns of pharmacological therapy in COVID-19 patients: an ecological study in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Backgound

The drug central monitoring system set up in Italy to evaluate the real-time trends of medicines used in hospital and primary care settings contributed to inform drug supplies, avoided stockpiling and allowed to monitor adherence to clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The primary objective of the study is to understand how and to what extent the drug utilisation tracked the evolution of COVID-19 pandemic and evaluate the different pharmacological approaches adopted in hospital and primary care settings.

Methods

A national ecological study correlating the drug utilisation of specific categories of drugs related to SARS-CoV-2 with the number of SARS-CoV-2 hospitalised or positive subjects. The correlation is estimated by using linear

SUBMITTER: Marino ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11865731 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature