Garuoliene Kristina

in 2012 I defended my thesis "Evaluation of the quality and efficiency of medication administration using the information system of the State Health Insurance Fund". My work has shown that the data collected in this database can be used for drug consumption and pharmacoepidemiological studies. During the last decade, a whole series of scientific works were published in Lithuania, the data source of which was this database. Analyzing the consumption of various drug groups, and the results of treatment quality, more than 20 master's theses were conducted at Vilnius University and other scientific institutions. VU doctoral student I. Lisauskienė defended her thesis "Variations in the use of drugs affecting the cardiovascular system and morbidity and mortality from diseases of this system in Lithuania". The research methods described in my research work are applied to the assessment and application of interventions in the situation of antibiotic prescribing, and to the evaluation of the quality of prescribing. Medicines adherence studies are a new research topic.