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How Estonian and Finnish primary care doctors rate their need for common drugs.
OBJECTIVE: To compare ratings of the necessity of drugs in the daily practice of experienced primary care doctors in Estonia and Finland to find out the differences and similarities in the therapeutic traditions of the two different societies.
METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to all Estonian district doctors born in the 1940s and to all Finnish specialized general practitioners born in the 1940s, who then evaluated the necessity of the listed drugs on a visual analogue scale. The ratings, from 0 to 100, were entered into a computer, using a graphic tablet and a pressure sensitive pointer.
RESULTS: The six most highly-evaluated drugs among the Estonian respondents were digoxin, glyceryl trinitrate, aspirin, calcium-channel blockers, beta-adrenoceptor blockers and frusemide; and among the Finnish general practitioners (GPs) were penicillin, insulin, glyceryl trinitrate, beta-adrenoceptor blockers, frusemide and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. The ratings of 15 out of 33 drugs/drug groups were very similar both in Estonia and Finland. The biggest differences between the opinions of the Estonian and Finnish doctors appeared in the ratings regarding the necessity of antacids, cimetidine, insulin, sulphonylureas, reserpine. ACE inhibitors, oral contraceptives, penicillin, metronidazole, trimethoprim, indomethacin, phenobarbital and theophylline.
CONCLUSION: The revealed differences are suggested to be related to the different health care systems (different task profiles of doctors, different pharmaceutical services), different education of doctors, different availability of drugs in the past and different prices, all of which influence therapeutic traditions.
METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to all Estonian district doctors born in the 1940s and to all Finnish specialized general practitioners born in the 1940s, who then evaluated the necessity of the listed drugs on a visual analogue scale. The ratings, from 0 to 100, were entered into a computer, using a graphic tablet and a pressure sensitive pointer.
RESULTS: The six most highly-evaluated drugs among the Estonian respondents were digoxin, glyceryl trinitrate, aspirin, calcium-channel blockers, beta-adrenoceptor blockers and frusemide; and among the Finnish general practitioners (GPs) were penicillin, insulin, glyceryl trinitrate, beta-adrenoceptor blockers, frusemide and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. The ratings of 15 out of 33 drugs/drug groups were very similar both in Estonia and Finland. The biggest differences between the opinions of the Estonian and Finnish doctors appeared in the ratings regarding the necessity of antacids, cimetidine, insulin, sulphonylureas, reserpine. ACE inhibitors, oral contraceptives, penicillin, metronidazole, trimethoprim, indomethacin, phenobarbital and theophylline.
CONCLUSION: The revealed differences are suggested to be related to the different health care systems (different task profiles of doctors, different pharmaceutical services), different education of doctors, different availability of drugs in the past and different prices, all of which influence therapeutic traditions.
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