Verica Ivanovska
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Overview of Methods for Assessing Antimicrobial Use in Outpatient Settings in High-Income Countries: A Narrative Review
Overview of Methods for Assessing Antimicrobial Use in Outpatient Settings in High-Income Countries: A Narrative Review Open
Background/Objectives: Over 80–90% of antibiotics are used in outpatient settings, where interactions among diverse prescribers, dispensers, and patients create complex usage patterns. The study examines how outpatient antimicrobial use is…
View article: Introduction to drug utilization research
Introduction to drug utilization research Open
Research in drug utilization began to develop in the 1960s. Some pioneering studies focused on assessing differences in drug utilization between countries or regions. Other studies focused on factors influencing the prescribing patterns of…
View article: WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health
WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health Open
View article: Antimicrobial Consumption in Latin American Countries: First Steps of a Long Road Ahead
Antimicrobial Consumption in Latin American Countries: First Steps of a Long Road Ahead Open
Background: Irrational antimicrobial consumption (AMC) became one of the main global health problems in recent decades. Objective: In order to understand AMC in Latin-American Region, we performed the present research in 6 countries. Metho…
View article: Identifying the most effective essential medicines policies for quality use of medicines: A replicability study using three World Health Organisation data-sets
Identifying the most effective essential medicines policies for quality use of medicines: A replicability study using three World Health Organisation data-sets Open
Certain EM policies are associated with better QUM and impact increases with co-implementation. Analysis across three datasets provides a policy short-list as a minimum investment by countries trying to improve QUM and reduce antimicrobial…
View article: Identifying the Most Effective Essential Medicines Policies: A Replicability Study Using Three WHO Datasets
Identifying the Most Effective Essential Medicines Policies: A Replicability Study Using Three WHO Datasets Open
View article: Proxy indicators for antibiotic consumption; surveillance needed to control antimicrobial resistance
Proxy indicators for antibiotic consumption; surveillance needed to control antimicrobial resistance Open
View article: Change in parental knowledge, attitudes and practice of antibiotic use after a national intervention programme
Change in parental knowledge, attitudes and practice of antibiotic use after a national intervention programme Open
The insignificant and short-term changes in knowledge, attitudes and self-medication demonstrate that interventions need to be implemented for a longer period of time, at a large scale, with active health providers' engagement, and accompa…
View article: Age-Specific Antibiotic Prescribing and Adherence to Guidelines in Pediatric Patients in Primary Care
Age-Specific Antibiotic Prescribing and Adherence to Guidelines in Pediatric Patients in Primary Care Open
Background: Most antibiotics in children are used to treat viral and self-limiting conditions. This study aims to compare physicians’ adherence to guidelines on antibiotic prescribing in fever and in ear and respiratory infections to child…
View article: Priority medicines for children : Exploring age-appropriate medicines and antibiotic use in children
Priority medicines for children : Exploring age-appropriate medicines and antibiotic use in children Open
Children are not small adults, but rather a distinct and heterogeneous patient group with specific therapeutic needs. Child development entails dynamic processes inherent to growth from birth into adulthood, and children face a scope of di…
View article: Are age-appropriate antibiotic formulations missing from the WHO list of essential medicines for children? A comparison study
Are age-appropriate antibiotic formulations missing from the WHO list of essential medicines for children? A comparison study Open
Objective There is a global call for formulations, which are better suited for children of different age categories and in a variety of settings. One key public health area of interest is age-appropriate paediatric antibiotics. We aimed to…
View article: Voorschrijven van antibiotica bij kinderen
Voorschrijven van antibiotica bij kinderen Open
View article: Antibiotic prescribing for children in primary care and adherence to treatment guidelines
Antibiotic prescribing for children in primary care and adherence to treatment guidelines Open
Most paediatric RTIs in the Netherlands continue to be treated with antibiotics conservatively. Potential aspects of concern are the inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis and the underuse of some first-choice antibiotic…
View article: Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија - скрипта
Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија - скрипта Open
Скриптата ,,Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија” е наменета првенствено на студентите на студиската програма - магистер по фармација, кои го слушаат предметот Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија на Факултетот за медицински науки, на Унив…
View article: Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија - практикум.
Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија - практикум. Open
Овој практикум со наслов „Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија“ е наменет првенствено за студентите на студиската програма - магистер по фармација, кои го слушаат предметот Клиничка фармација и фармакотерапија на Факултетот за медицински н…