LOWLANDS 2002
The 2002 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Leuven on November 7.Program
13.00-13.15
Registration, lunch and welcome
Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Switzerland and Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
13.15-14.00
The economic implications of medication noncompliance
Irina Cleemput, MSc, Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
14.00-14.45
The impact of noncompliance on the cost-effectiveness of pharmaceuticals
Dyfrig Hughes, Bpharm, MSc, PhD, MRPharmS, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
14.45-15.30
New pharmacoeconomic consequences of variable compliance
John Urquhart, MD, Division of Pharmaco-Epidemiology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands and Palo Alto, USA
15.30-16.00
Coffee break
16.00-16.45
Compliance with oral antidiabetics: Is noncompliance a predictor for medication switching behavior?
Fred de Koning, MSc, PhD, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaco-epidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht, The Netherlands
16.45-17.30
Randomized controlled trial of a practice nurse intervention to improve adherence to blood pressure lowering medication (trial in progress)
Knut Schroeder, MD, Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
17.30-18.15
Identifying sources of variability in population pharmacokinestic studies
Eric Tousset, MD, Aardex LtD., Maastricht, The Netherlands
18.00
Closing remarks
John Urquhart, MD, Division of Pharmaco-Epidemiology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands and Palo Alto, USA
19.00
Dinner at Restaurant “Ter Eycken”
Conference venue: Faculty Club “Huis van Chièvres”; Auditorium Willem Van Croy; Groot Begijnhof; Middenstraat 14; B-3000 Leuven; Belgium