Ingrid Schmidt
National Board of Health and Welfare
21 Papers
217 Citations
Ingrid Schmidt is an academic researcher from National Board of Health and Welfare. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Medical prescription. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications. Previous affiliations of Ingrid Schmidt include University of Wisconsin-Madison & Apoteket.
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Papers
Drug—Drug Interactions in the Elderly
TL;DR: Differences in the frequency and type of potential DDIs among countries were found and some combinations are likely to have negative effects; more attention must be focused on detecting and monitoring patients using such combinations.
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Quality of drug prescribing in elderly people in nursing homes and special care units for dementia: a cross-sectional computerized pharmacy register analysis.
Jonny Olsson,Åsa Bergman,Anders Carlsten,Thimothy Oke,Cecilia Bernsten,Cecilia Bernsten,Ingrid Schmidt,Johan Fastbom,Johan Fastbom +8 more
TL;DR: A lower quality of drug prescribing was found in younger and older elderly residents receiving multi-dose drug dispensing in ordinary nursing homes (NHs) and special care units for dementia (NHDs), and a higher rate of psychotropic drug use was found compared with previous studies in NHs.
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Resident characteristics and organizational factors influencing the quality of drug use in Swedish nursing homes.
TL;DR: Assessment of the influence of resident characteristics and selected organizational factors on the appropriateness of psychotropic drug use in 33 Swedish nursing homes found facilities with better nurse staffing and drug intervention teams had fewer deviations from the criteria.
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Gender equity in health care in Sweden—Minor improvements since the 1990s
TL;DR: It is concluded that promoting gender equity in health care is an important but difficult task for health authorities and a combination of strategies, including enforcement by guidelines and regulations, may be needed.
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The national program on standardized cancer care pathways in Sweden : Observations and findings half way through
Ingrid Schmidt,Johan Thor,Thomas Davidson,Fredrik Nilsson,Christina Carlsson,Christina Carlsson +5 more
TL;DR: The ongoing evaluation demonstrates that professional engagement and adjustments on the meso- and micro-level of the system are essential to achieving sustainable improvements, and results so far appear promising.
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