Björn Wettermark

Research interests

Publications

• Introduction to drug utilization research

  · 2024 · 10.1002/9781119911685.ch1

• Albuminuria Testing in Hypertension and Diabetes: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis in a Global Consortium

  Hypertension · 2021 · 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.17323

• Barriers for Access to New Medicines: Searching for the Balance Between Rising Costs and Limited Budgets

  Frontiers in Public Health · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00328

• Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

  Gastroenterology · 2017 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.05.046

• High adherence to the ‘Wise List’ treatment recommendations in Stockholm: a 15-year retrospective review of a multifaceted approach promoting rational use of medicines

  BMJ Open · 2017 · 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014345

• The First Decade with the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register – A Systematic Review of the Output in the Scientific Literature

  Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology · 2016 · 10.1111/bcpt.12613

• Prevalence and recognition of chronic kidney disease in Stockholm healthcare

  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2016 · 10.1093/ndt/gfw354

• Introduction to drug utilization research

  · 2016 · 10.1002/9781118949740.ch1

• Comparison of treatment persistence with different oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation

  European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology · 2015 · 10.1007/s00228-015-1983-z

• The Stockholm CREAtinine Measurements (SCREAM) project: protocol overview and regional representativeness

  Clinical Kidney Journal · 2015 · 10.1093/ckj/sfv117

• Multiple policies to enhance prescribing efficiency for established medicines in Europe with a particular focus on demand-side measures: findings and future implications

  Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2014 · 10.3389/fphar.2014.00106

• High prevalence of diagnosis of diabetes, depression, anxiety, hypertension, asthma and COPD in the total population of Stockholm, Sweden – a challenge for public health

  BMC Public Health · 2013 · 10.1186/1471-2458-13-670

• Validation of asthma and eczema in population‐based Swedish drug and patient registers

  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety · 2013 · 10.1002/pds.3465

• The Epidemiology of Heart Failure, Based on Data for 2.1 Million Inhabitants in Sweden

  European Journal of Heart Failure · 2013 · 10.1093/eurjhf/hft064

• Differences in drug utilisation between men and women: a cross-sectional analysis of all dispensed drugs in Sweden

  BMJ Open · 2013 · 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002378

• Most common diseases diagnosed in primary care in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2011

  Family Practice · 2013 · 10.1093/fampra/cmt033

• The Nordic prescription databases as a resource for pharmacoepidemiological research—a literature review

  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety · 2013 · 10.1002/pds.3457

• Policies to Enhance Prescribing Efficiency in Europe: Findings and Future Implications

  Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2011 · 10.3389/fphar.2010.00141

• The ‘Wise List’– A Comprehensive Concept to Select, Communicate and Achieve Adherence to Recommendations of Essential Drugs in Ambulatory Care in Stockholm

  Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2011.00682.x

• Comparing policies to enhance prescribing efficiency in Europe through increasing generic utilization: changes seen and global implications

  Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research · 2010 · 10.1586/erp.10.72

• Soft regulations in pharmaceutical policy making

  Applied Health Economics and Health Policy · 2009 · 10.1007/bf03256147

• Multifaceted national and regional drug reforms and initiatives in ambulatory care in Sweden: global relevance

  Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1586/14737167.9.1.65

• The Nordic Countries as a Cohort for Pharmacoepidemiological Research

  Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00494.x

• The new Swedish Prescribed Drug Register—Opportunities for pharmacoepidemiological research and experience from the first six months

  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.1294

• Drug utilization 90% - a simple method for assessing the quality of drug prescribing

  European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology · 1998 · 10.1007/s002280050431

Current projects

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