Use of Medicines
Medicines aim to cure diseases, or at least relieve symptoms, to enable longer, healthier and more productive lives. Access to appropriate medicines, used sustainably, has substantial benefits for community health and related economic indicators.
News
Recently Published: New Report Comparing Usage of Medicines in the UK with Other Countries
6 January 2015
September 2014 ABPI report of OHE analysis: UK use of medicines compared with other countries – UK remains 9th highest user out of 13 countries.
Publication
International Comparison of Medicines Usage: Quantitative Analysis from a Swedish Perspective
1 May 2015
The OHE undertook an analysis of the uptake of medicines in 13 high income countries. The UK perspective on this was published in November 2014 by…