TABLE 4.
Detailed characteristics of reimbursed MAEIs indirectly targeting adherence, identified across 12 European countries.
| Nr a | Country | Intervention | Who performs? | Type | Technology mediated? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | Medication review for persons aged over 65 years with three or more prescribed drugs, aiming to increase effectiveness and safety of the therapy | GP | Complex | No |
| 2 | Panels for chronic patients (e.g. diabetes, COPD or hypertension) involving monitoring of chronic disease and relevant interventions to improve disease management, e.g. therapy modifications and/or patient education | GP | Complex | No | |
| 11 | Czech Republic | Patient education about inhalation technique in chronic airways conditions | Nurse | Education | No |
| 12 | Assessment of patient risk of drug-related problems, determining his/her pharmacotherapy rationalization plan, provided to inpatients and outpatients | Clinical pharmacists | Medication regimen management | No | |
| 13 | Estonia | Drug-drug interaction database and clinical decision support system, providing compatibility of the prescribed medicines with all existing medicines | GP | Medication regimen management | Yes |
| 20 | Hungary | “Be Educated and Empowered Patient” program aimed at improving health literacy and health behaviour in newly transplanted patients | Patient organisation | Education | No |
| 26 | Norway | Patient education in asthma, including checking inhaler use technique | Pharmacists | Education | No |
| 28 | Portugal | “Operation Green Light” allowing dispensation of medicines previously available exclusively in hospital pharmacies in community pharmacies | Pharmacists | Medication regimen management | No |
Numbers refer to consecutive numbers ascribed to interventions across the country related paragraphs, appearing in braces; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GP, general practitioner.