Björn Wettermark
Professor at Department of Pharmacy; Drug epidemiology
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- +46 18 471 47 70
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 469 71 61
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- bjorn.wettermark@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Biomedicinskt Centrum BMC, Husargatan 3
- Postal address:
- Box 580
751 23 UPPSALA
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Professor at Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)
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Recent publications
Part of The Lancet Regional Health, 2025
- DOI for Leveraging digital medication adherence technologies to enhance sustainability of European health systems: ENABLE's key recommendations
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Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2025
- DOI for "We throw away an incredible amount of unused medicines": Community pharmacy staff perspectives on environmental responsibility
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Part of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1623-1631, 2025
- DOI for Towards greener prescribing?: Swedish general practitioners' support for policies to reduce pharmaceutical pollution
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Part of Drug Safety, p. 753-765, 2025
- DOI for Stakeholders' Perspectives Toward the Use of Patient Registry Data for Decision-Making on Medicines: A Cross-Sectional Survey
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Part of BioDrugs, p. 735-751, 2025
- DOI for Introduction of Biopharmaceuticals in Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study of Early Diffusion Patterns and Data Availability
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Articles in journal
Part of The Lancet Regional Health, 2025
- DOI for Leveraging digital medication adherence technologies to enhance sustainability of European health systems: ENABLE's key recommendations
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Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2025
- DOI for "We throw away an incredible amount of unused medicines": Community pharmacy staff perspectives on environmental responsibility
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Part of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1623-1631, 2025
- DOI for Towards greener prescribing?: Swedish general practitioners' support for policies to reduce pharmaceutical pollution
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Part of Drug Safety, p. 753-765, 2025
- DOI for Stakeholders' Perspectives Toward the Use of Patient Registry Data for Decision-Making on Medicines: A Cross-Sectional Survey
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Part of BioDrugs, p. 735-751, 2025
- DOI for Introduction of Biopharmaceuticals in Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study of Early Diffusion Patterns and Data Availability
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Part of Annals of Epidemiology, p. 56-62, 2025
- DOI for The definition of treatment assignment in observational emulations of target trials - an empirical examination in the Swedish Primary Care Cardiovascular Database
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI for Impact of persistence to secondary preventive medication on prognosis for patients with myocardial infarction with and without obstructive coronary arteries
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Part of CURRENTS IN PHARMACY TEACHING AND LEARNING, 2025
- DOI for Do Swedish universities educate future doctors and pharmacists about the environmental impact of pharmaceuticals?
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI for Adherence to secondary preventive treatment following myocardial infarction with and without obstructive coronary artery disease
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Part of Archives of Public Health, 2025
- DOI for Epidemiological outcomes and policy implementation in the Nordic countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Part of Drugs & Aging, p. 339-352, 2025
- DOI for Factors Influencing General Practitioners' Deprescribing Decisions for Older Adults, with Insights into Frailty: a Qualitative Study in Greek Primary Care
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Part of European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 739-753, 2025
- DOI for Prescribing patterns of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the Swedish capital region: a register-based cross-sectional study
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Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2025
- DOI for Barriers to healthcare access and continuity of care among Ukrainian war refugees in Europe: findings from the RefuHealthAccess study
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Part of BMC Medical Education, 2025
- DOI for Medication adherence in the curricula of future European physicians, pharmacists and nurses: a cross-sectional survey
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 147-157, 2025
- DOI for Cardiovascular events following coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination in adults: a nationwide Swedish study
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Sociodemographic characteristics and health status of women with breast cancer and COVID 19 diagnosis by menopausal status a cross sectional study
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Part of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 2025
- DOI for Initiation of Anticoagulants During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
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Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2025
- DOI for Have People Treated With Antihypertensives Been Diagnosed With Hypertension?: A Cross-Sectional Study in Stockholm, Sweden
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Part of European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1571-1580, 2024
- DOI for Statin treatment for primary and secondary prevention in elderly patients-a cross-sectional study in Stockholm, Sweden
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Environmental sustainability-an essential component of rational use of medicines
Part of International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, p. 102-112, 2024
Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on initiation of antihypertensive drugs in Sweden: an interrupted time series study
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Socioeconomic factors associated with poor medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes
Part of European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 53-63, 2024
- DOI for Socioeconomic factors associated with poor medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes
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Part of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1627-1636, 2024
- DOI for Impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic on adult mental health-related dispensed medications, hospitalizations and specialist outpatient visits in Norway and Sweden: Interrupted time series analysis
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Trends in statin utilization and ischemic heart disease mortality in Lithuania and Sweden, 2000-2020
Part of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2024
- DOI for Trends in statin utilization and ischemic heart disease mortality in Lithuania and Sweden, 2000-2020
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Persistence to statin treatment: A cohort study in Lithuania
Part of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, p. 43-51, 2024
- DOI for Persistence to statin treatment: A cohort study in Lithuania
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Part of Patient Preference and Adherence, p. 2281-2293, 2024
- DOI for A Cross-Sectional Study Identifying Medication Adherence Technologies (MATech) in Sweden Using Behavior Change Techniques
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Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023
- DOI for Stakeholders' perspectives and use of web-based knowledge support for environmental information on pharmaceuticals
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Part of Environmental Advances, 2023
- DOI for Estimating environmental exposure to analgesic drugs: A cross-sectional study of drug utilization patterns in the area surrounding Sweden's largest drinking water source
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Hypertension management and drug-related problems: A case report of the 23-year history of Mr. Jonas
Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023
- DOI for Hypertension management and drug-related problems: A case report of the 23-year history of Mr. Jonas
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Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, p. 1021-1031, 2023
Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
- DOI for Machine learning-driven development of a disease risk score for COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality: a Swedish and Norwegian register-based study
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Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, p. 1223-1232, 2023
- DOI for Heterogeneity after harmonisation: A retrospective cohort study of bleeding and stroke risk after the introduction of direct oral anticoagulants in four Western European countries
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2023
- DOI for Knowledge support for environmental information on pharmaceuticals: experiences among Swedish Drug and Therapeutics Committees
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A Qualitative Study on Patients' Views on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Medications
Part of Patient Preference and Adherence, p. 3331-3339, 2023
- DOI for A Qualitative Study on Patients' Views on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Medications
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Part of Pharmaceutics, 2023
- DOI for Half a Century of Fragmented Research on Deviations from Advised Therapies: Is This a Good Time to Call for Multidisciplinary Medication Adherence Research Centres of Excellence?
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Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
- DOI for Editorial: Recent advances in attempts to improve medication adherence-from basic research to clinical practice
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Part of Pharmacy, 2023
- DOI for Potential Drug-Related Problems in Pediatric Patients-Describing the Use of a Clinical Decision Support System at Pharmacies in Sweden
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Part of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 2020-2027, 2023
- DOI for The environmental impact of pharmaceuticals in Italy: Integrating healthcare and eco-toxicological data to assess and potentially mitigate their diffusion to water supplies
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Physical-mental multimorbidity in a large primary health care population in Stockholm County, Sweden
Part of Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2023
- DOI for Physical-mental multimorbidity in a large primary health care population in Stockholm County, Sweden
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Part of PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY, p. 1-11, 2022
- DOI for Trend of Antihypertensive Medicine Use in the Baltic States between 2008 and 2018: A Retrospective Cross-National Comparison
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2022
- DOI for Protective effects of statins on COVID-19 risk, severity and fatal outcome: a nationwide Swedish cohort study
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Part of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, p. 196-204, 2022
- DOI for Initiation of antihypertensive drugs to patients with confirmed COVID-19-A population-based cohort study in Sweden
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Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, p. 1046-1055, 2022
Part of Vaccines, 2022
- DOI for Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines over 13 Months Covering the Period of the Emergence of the Omicron Variant in the Swedish Population
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Use of nephrotoxic medications in adults with chronic kidney disease in Swedish and US routine care
Part of Clinical Kidney Journal, p. 442-451, 2022
- DOI for Use of nephrotoxic medications in adults with chronic kidney disease in Swedish and US routine care
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Part of Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
- DOI for Utilization of healthcare and prescription medicines after non-pharmacological interventions for depression - A 3-year register follow-up of an RCT in primary care
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 3528-3538, 2022
Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants, proton pump inhibitors and gastrointestinal bleeds
Part of Heart, p. 613-618, 2022
- DOI for Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants, proton pump inhibitors and gastrointestinal bleeds
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Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
- DOI for Challenges and Opportunities With Routinely Collected Data on the Utilization of Cancer Medicines. Perspectives From Health Authority Personnel Across 18 European Countries
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The impact of the war on maintenance of long-term therapies in Ukraine
Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
- DOI for The impact of the war on maintenance of long-term therapies in Ukraine
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Non-persistence to antihypertensive drug therapy in Lithuania
Part of European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1687-1696, 2022
- DOI for Non-persistence to antihypertensive drug therapy in Lithuania
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Consumption of antidepressants and economic austerity in Brazil
Part of Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, p. 1221-1229, 2022
Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, p. 1015-1026, 2022
- DOI for Core concepts in pharmacoepidemiology: Measures of drug utilization based on individual-level drug dispensing data
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Part of Value in Health Regional Issues, p. 38-45, 2022
Societal impact for patients with psoriasis: A nationwide Swedish register study
Part of JAAD International, p. 63-75, 2021
- DOI for Societal impact for patients with psoriasis: A nationwide Swedish register study
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Part of Europace, p. 1722-1730, 2021
- DOI for Persistence and adherence to non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation across five Western European countries
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Part of Clinical Epidemiology, p. 649-659, 2021
- DOI for Swedish Covid-19 Investigation for Future Insights-A Population Epidemiology Approach Using Register Linkage (SCIFI-PEARL)
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Part of BioMed Research International, 2021
- DOI for Utilisation Trend of Long-Acting Insulin Analogues including Biosimilars across Europe: Findings and Implications
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European Network to Advance Best Practices and Technology on Medication Adherence: Mission Statement
Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
- DOI for European Network to Advance Best Practices and Technology on Medication Adherence: Mission Statement
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Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
- DOI for A Cross-Sectional Survey on Medication Management Practices for Noncommunicable Diseases in Europe During the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Post-stroke epilepsy and antiepileptic drug use in men and women
Part of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, p. 148-157, 2021
- DOI for Post-stroke epilepsy and antiepileptic drug use in men and women
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Part of The Lancet Regional Health, 2021
- DOI for Disparities in European healthcare system approaches to maintaining continuity of medication for non-communicable diseases during the COVID-19 outbreak Comment
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Forecasting drug utilization and expenditure: ten years of experience in Stockholm
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, p. 330-339, 2020
- DOI for Drug-disease interactions in Swedish senior primary care patients were dominated by non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs and hypertension - a population-based registry study
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Part of European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1029-1041, 2020
- DOI for Survival of esophageal and gastric cancer patients with adjuvant and palliative chemotherapy-a retrospective analysis of a register-based patient cohort
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Part of European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 971-978, 2018
- DOI for Introduction of the second-generation direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in chronic hepatitis C: a register-based study in Sweden
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Part of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, p. 493-501, 2018
Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, p. 3-679, 2016
Part of International journal of clinical practice (Esher), p. 104-110, 2014
Selection bias in pharmacy-based patient surveys
Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, p. 128-139, 2014
Antihypertensive treatment and control in a large primary care population of 21 167 patients
Part of Journal of Human Hypertension, p. 484-491, 2011
Part of Quality in Primary Care, p. 179-189, 2009
Part of Stroke, p. 2880-2885, 2008
Psychotropic drug use in non-psychiatric departments of three European university hospitals
Part of Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, p. 61-65, 2000
Articles, review/survey
Challenges facing drug utilization research in the Latin American region
Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, p. 1353-1363, 2020