The outcomes of Pharmaceutical Care
- 26-29th January, 1999
- Hillerød, Denmark
In January 1999, the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) together with the Danish College of Pharmacy Practice, Pharmakon, in Hillerød, organised a working conference (the first!) during which the outcomes of pharmaceutical care were the core topic. Participating were a mixture of researchers in the field of outcome assessment and practising pharmacists from 18 different countries, including some from outside Europe.
Organising committee: Foppe van Mil (Chairman, the Netherlands), Bente Frøkjær (Secretary, Denmark), Cecilia Claeson (Sweden), Marion Schaefer (Germany), Birthe Søndergaard (Denmark), Mary Tully (United Kingdom)
During the working conference, 5 lectures were given. Reports of the lectures can be found in the Proceedings WC 1999.
- Measuring outcomes in pharmaceutical care (Mary Tully, United Kingdom)
- Constructing instruments: the example of Health Related Quality of Life (Per Bech, Denmark)
- Assessing and translating instruments (Pedro Lopez Ferreira, Portugal)
- Measuring compliance, how it can be done (John Urquhart, the Netherlands)
- Applying outcome measurements in research practice (James McElnay, United Kingdom)
During this conference, seven workshops were held:
Workshop 1+2: Assessing patient satisfaction and health status (Hanne Herborg, Denmark & Linda McKeigan, Canada)
Workshop 3: Assessing knowledge and attitude towards medicine (Frank Verheyen & Marion Schaefer, Germany)
Workshop 4: Assessing behaviour and coping strategies (John Urquhart, the Netherlands, Ian Sturgess & James McElnay, United Kingdom)
Workshop 5: Assessing use of medical resources and the economic impact (Hakan Brodin, Sweden & Francisco Batel Marques, Portugal)
Workshop 6: Assessing drug-related problems from the patient perspective (Almut Müller-Jaeger, Germany & Foppe van Mil, the Netherlands)
Workshop 7: Assessing appropriateness of drug therapy and changes in drug therapy (Judy Cantrill and Mary Tully, United Kingdom)