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NPS Medicinewise

NPS Medicinewise. Lynn Weekes Chief Executive. 22.7 million people 14% over 65 years 2% over 85 years Life expectancy 78.7 years men 83.5 years women Migration 170,000 per year . Australia 2012. Spending on medicines. All medicines expenditure $18 billion

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NPS Medicinewise

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  1. NPS Medicinewise Lynn Weekes Chief Executive

  2. 22.7 million people 14% over 65 years 2% over 85 years Life expectancy 78.7 years men 83.5 years women Migration 170,000 per year Australia 2012

  3. Spending on medicines • All medicines expenditure $18 billion • 14% health expenditure • PBS expenditure $10 billion • Government contributed 83% • Patient co-payments

  4. High quality, efficacious & safe medicines Equitable access Quality use Responsible and viable pharmaceutical industry Medicines policy

  5. NPS MedicineWise • Not for profit, mission driven • Member based • Arms-length from Government • Independent, evidence based • Required to demonstrate PBS savings • Includes medicines and medical tests

  6. creating better health and economic outcomes MISSION To enablethe best decisionsabout medicines and othermedical choices

  7. Gateways and influences

  8. Products and services

  9. Information resources • Environmental updates • Australian Prescriber • New drugs • NPS RADAR • Medicines Update • Topic directed updates • NPS News • Prescribing Practice Review • prescribing feedback

  10. Facilitated education • Primary care • Hospitals • Consumers

  11. …via website: www.nps.org.au

  12. …in prescribing software

  13. Clinical self audits • General practitioners and pharmacists • Self-audits of records (paper or electronic) • Assesses practice in comparison with guidelines • Feedback and comparison with peers

  14. evaluation QUALITY USE OF MEDICINES: improved health and economic outcomes influence improved prescribing and use of medicines improved attitudes, skills and knowledge participation and exposure reach access awareness

  15. Who participates

  16. How many participate

  17. Gp preference

  18. Jun 07 rate decreased by 2.26 where NPS had reached ~37% of GPsAustralia wide Dec 05 rate decreased by 0.08 where NPS had reached ~33% of GPs Australia wide Clopidogrel prescribing

  19. conclusion • Independent • Evidence – based • Valued by doctors • Self sustaining

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