I would like to introduce myself to the list. I am currently employed
as a reseacher with our provincial health department where I primarily
conduct studies related to health service utilization and
epidemiology. I have published a few papers on the epidemiology of
Parkinson's.
Currently I am working on two Parkinson's projects. The first will
compare the use of health services (physician and hospital) among a
group of Parkinson patients with the use of age and sex matched
controls. This project will allow us to see the impact of Parkinson's
on the health care system and will provide practitioners with
information to assist in developing management/treatment programs.
The second project involves an examination of prescription drug use
among Parkinson's patients. Information on all prescription drug use
will be collected and this data will be linked with health care
utilization data. This project will allow us to examine drug
interactions, polypharmacy and adverse reactions related to drug
interactions. We hope to be able to develop guidelines to assist
practitioners in their prescribing patterns. Both of these projects
are in the beginning stages so I can't report on any results yet, but
hope to in a few months.
Larry Svenson
Population Health Information
Health Policy Development Branch
Alberta Health
P O Box 2222
Edmonton, AB T5J 2P4
Canada
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