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A qualitative non-participant observational study of non-prescription counseling in community pharmacies

Gombos, Helene Marie Haldorsen; Krogstad, Tonje; Bjorknes, Marthe Rambol; Sletvold, Hege et al.

Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2025

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Application of a human factors approach to investigate the hospital to home transition for patients with multiple long-term conditions

Glatkauskas, Mikas; Syversen, Malin O.; Lea, Marianne; Scott, Michael et al.

Part of Human Factors in Healthcare, 2025

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Challenges and Considerations in Manipulating Oral Dosage Forms in Paediatric Healthcare Settings: A Narrative Review

Paulsson, Mattias; Hamre Svendsen, R.; Andersen, J. K. N.; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia et al.

Part of Acta Paediatrica, 2025

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Discrepancies in medication lists after hospital discharge in patients with multiple long-term conditions

Syversen, Malin Olsen; Glatkauskas, Mikas; Sedeniussen, Sandra Johanne; Hauge, Monica et al.

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 580-588, 2025

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Facilitators and barriers to medication self-management for patients with multiple long-term conditions transitioning from hospital to home

Olsen Syversen, Malin; Glatkauskas, Mikas; Mathiesen, Liv; Lea, Marianne et al.

Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2025

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Identifying critical elements in using question prompt lists at the pharmacy counter to induce patient activation: using principles of conversation analysis

Svensberg, Karin; Kaae, Susanne; Broch Mottelson, Nanna; Ljungberg Persson, Christina

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 74-84, 2025

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Pharmacists' perspectives on potential pharmacist prescribing: a nationwide survey in the Netherlands

Kaymakci, Bilge; Philbert, Daphne; Hazen, Ankie C. M.; Heringa, Mette et al.

Part of International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, p. 392-402, 2025

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Towards greener prescribing?: Swedish general practitioners' support for policies to reduce pharmaceutical pollution

Villén, Johanna; Laux, Johanna; Wettermark, Björn; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia et al.

Part of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1623-1631, 2025

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Exploring communication challenges during hospital discharge of older patients: insights from healthcare professionals' perspectives

Cam, Henrik; Wennlöf, Björn; Gillespie, Ulrika; Franzon, Kristin et al.

Part of Exploring communication challenges during hospital discharge of older patients: insights from healthcare professionals' perspectives, p. 261, 2024

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Failure to Involve Older Hospitalised Patients in Medication Decisions: A Change of Approach is Called For

Cam, Henrik; Gillespie, Ulrika; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Nielsen, Elisabet I. et al.

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 216-217, 2024

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Pharmacists' current and potential prescribing roles in primary care in the Netherlands: a case study

Kempen, Thomas G. H.; Benaissa, Yosra; Molema, Haijo; Valk, Lea E. et al.

Part of Journal of Interprofessional Care, p. 787-798, 2024

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Potential for pharmacist prescribing in primary care: A Dutch citizen perspective

Kempen, Thomas G. H.; van Dijk, Liset; Floor-Schreudering, Annemieke; Kohli, Aradhana et al.

Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2024

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'You're Just Thinking About Going Home': Exploring Person-Centred Medication Communication With Older Patients at Hospital Discharge

Cam, Henrik; Franzon, Kristin; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Kempen, Thomas Gerardus Hendrik et al.

Part of Health Expectations, 2024

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Drug-related readmissions in older hospitalized adults: External validation and updating of OPERAM DRA prediction tool

Snijders, Birgitta M. G.; Kempen, Thomas; Aubert, Carole E.; Koek, Huiberdina L. et al.

Part of Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, p. 3848-3856, 2023

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Estimating environmental exposure to analgesic drugs: A cross-sectional study of drug utilization patterns in the area surrounding Sweden's largest drinking water source

Villén, Johanna; Nekoro, Marmar; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Håkonsen, Helle et al.

Part of Environmental Advances, 2023

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Identifying older adults at increased risk of medication-related readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge: development and validation of a risk assessment tool

Glans, Maria; Kempen, Thomas; Jakobsson, Ulf; Ekstam, Annika Annika Kragh et al.

Part of BMJ Open, 2023

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Knowledge support for environmental information on pharmaceuticals: experiences among Swedish Drug and Therapeutics Committees

Linder, Elkanah; Wettermark, Björn; Ovesjö, Marie-Louise; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia et al.

Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2023

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Magistral Compounding with 3D Printing: A Promising Way to Achieve Personalized Medicine

Beer, Netta; Kaae, Susanne; Genina, Natalja; Sporrong, Sofia Kälvemark et al.

Part of Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science, p. 26-36, 2023

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Patients' attitudes towards using a question prompt list in community pharmacies

Persson, C. Ljungberg; Al-Nuaimi, A.; Esmaeili, N.; Svensberg, Karin

Part of Patient Education and Counseling, 2023

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Pharmacists in general practice: what do they do? A qualitative case study

Kempen, Thomas Gerardus Hendrik; Koumi, Rouzi; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia

Part of International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, p. 1472-1482, 2023

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Risk factors for and preventability of drug‐related hospital revisits in older patients: A post‐hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Kempen, Thomas; Hedman, Anton N.; Hadziosmanovic, Nermin; Lindner, Karl‐Johan et al.

Part of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 1575-1587, 2023

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Stakeholders' perspectives and use of web-based knowledge support for environmental information on pharmaceuticals

Linder, Elkanah; Villén, Johanna; Nekoro, Marmar; Wettermark, Björn et al.

Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023

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The complexities of communication at hospital discharge of older patients: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals' views

Cam, Henrik; Wennlöf, Björn; Gillespie, Ulrika; Franzon, Kristin et al.

Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2023

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'The way you talk, do I have a choice?': Patient narratives of medication decision-making during hospitalization

Eidhammer Rognan, Stine; Jedig Jørgensen, Mie; Mathiesen, Liv; Druedahl, Louise Christine et al.

Part of International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2023

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A Qualitative Analysis of the Culture of Antibiotic Use for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Among Patients in Northwest Russia

Cantarero-Arevalo, Lourdes; Norgaard, Lotte S.; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Jacobsen, Ramune et al.

Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022

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A systematic review of pharmacogenetic testing in primary care: Attitudes of patients, general practitioners, and pharmacists

Hansen, Johanne Molby; Norgaard, Josefine D. S. V.; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 3230-3238, 2022

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Challenges in qualitative social pharmacy research: Reflections based on a conference workshop

Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Kaae, S.; Nørgaard, L. S.; Møllebaek, M. et al.

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 2254-2258, 2022

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Data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals (DEEPs): Patients' preferences, perceptions, and acceptability of new dosage forms and their digital aspects – An interview study

Chao, Meie; Genina, Natalja; Beer, Netta; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia

Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022

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Drug-related emergency department visits in older patients: an applicability and reliability study of an existing assessment tool

Kempen, Thomas Gerardus Hendrik; Hedman, Anton; Gillespie, Ulrika

Part of International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, p. 1078-1082, 2022

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Ethnography and its potential for studying the social in social pharmacy: An example of autonomy and pharmaceuticals in eldercare

Rosenlund Lau, Sofie; Kaae, Susanne; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 2151-2156, 2022

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Health literacy in medication communication during hospital discharge: a qualitative study at an internal medicines ward in Norway

Bengtsson, Kajsa Rebecka; Eidhammer Rognan, Stine; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Berg Lie, Helene et al.

Part of BMJ Open, 2022

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Interchangeability of biosimilars: A study of expert views and visions regarding the science and substitution

Druedahl, Louise C.; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Minssen, Timo; Hoogland, Hans et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2022

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Making medication communication visible in community pharmacies-pharmacists' experience using a question prompt list in the patient meeting

Svensberg, Karin; Khashi, Melina; Dobric, Srebrenka; Guirguis, M. Lisa et al.

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 4072-4082, 2022

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Assessment of requests for medication-related follow-up after hospital discharge, and the relation to unplanned hospital revisits, in older patients: a multicentre retrospective chart review

Cam, Henrik; Kempen, Thomas Gerardus Hendrik; Eriksson, Helena; Abdulreda, Kanar et al.

Part of BMC Geriatrics, 2021

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Data-Enriched Edible Pharmaceuticals (DEEP) with Bespoke Design, Dose and Drug Release

Chao, Meie; Öblom, Heidi; Cornett, Claus; Bøtker, Johan et al.

Part of Pharmaceutics, 2021

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Effects of Hospital-Based Comprehensive Medication Reviews Including Postdischarge Follow-up on Older Patients' Use of Health Care: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

Kempen, Thomas; Bertilsson, Maria; Hadziosmanovic, Nermin; Lindner, Karl-Johan et al.

Part of JAMA Network Open, 2021

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Empowering the patient? Medication communication during hospital discharge: a qualitative study at an internal medicines ward in Norway

Rognan, Stine Eidhammer; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; Bengtsson, Kajsa Rebecka; Lie, Helene Berg et al.

Part of BMJ Open, 2021

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Evolving Biosimilar Clinical Requirements: A Qualitative Interview Study with Industry Experts and European National Medicines Agency Regulators

Druedahl, Louise C.; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; van de Weert, Marco; De Bruin, Marie Louise et al.

Part of BioDrugs, p. 351-361, 2021

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Interprofessional education on complex patients in nursing homes: a focus group study

Svensberg, Karin; Kalleberg, B. G.; Rosvold, E. O.; Mathiesen, L. et al.

Part of BMC Medical Education, 2021

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Medication reviews by clinical pharmacists in older hospitalised patients: Implementation, performance and effects

Kempen, Thomas G. H.

2021

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Patients' perceptions of medicines information received at hospital discharge in Norway: a qualitative interview study

Svensberg, Karin; Trapnes, E.; Nguyen, D.; Hasan, R. A. et al.

Part of International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, p. 144-153, 2021

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Pharmacists' experience of a diabetes risk-assessment service and analytical quality control in community pharmacies - A focus-group study

Risoy, Aslaug Johanne; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Svensberg, Karin; Raheim, Malfrid et al.

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 1259-1266, 2021

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Scenarios for 3D printing of personalized medicines: A case study

Beer, Netta; Hegger, Ingrid; Kaae, Susanne; De Bruin, Marie Louise et al.

Part of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2021

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The observer effect in a hospital setting - Experiences from the observed and the observers

Svensberg, Karin; Kalleberg, Birgitte Gröstad; Mathiesen, Liv; Andersson, Yvonne et al.

Part of Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, p. 2136-2144, 2021

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A Presentation of Central Communication Aspects in the Patient-Provider Relationship-Potential Learnings for Community Pharmacists

Jowkar, Nima; Fjeldso, Nina; Norgaard, Lotte Stig; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia et al.

Part of Pharmacy, 2020

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A qualitative study of biosimilar manufacturer and regulator perceptions on intellectual property and abbreviated approval pathways

Druedahl, Louise C.; Almarsdottir, Anna Birna; Kälvemark Sporrong, Sofia; De Bruin, Marie Louise et al.

Part of Nature Biotechnology, p. 1253-1256, 2020

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Comprehensive medication reviews by ward-based pharmacists in Swedish hospitals: What does the patient have to say?

Kempen, Thomas Gerardus Hendrik; Kälvemark, Amanda; Gillespie, Ulrika; Stewart, Derek

Part of Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice, p. 149-157, 2020

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Facilitators and barriers for performing comprehensive medication reviews and follow-up by multiprofessional teams in older hospitalised patients

Kempen, Thomas; Kälvemark, Amanda; Sawires, Maria; Stewart, Derek et al.

Part of European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, p. 775-784, 2020

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Intervention fidelity and process outcomes of medication reviews including post-discharge follow-up in older hospitalized patients: Process evaluation of the MedBridge trial.

Kempen, Thomas; Cam, Henrik; Kälvemark, Amanda; Lindner, Karl-Johan et al.

Part of Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, p. 1021-1029, 2020

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Rationales and arguments behind the adoption of self-selection of nonprescription medicines in Denmark.

Jacobsen, Solveig Nordahl; Møller-Jensen, Simone Eggert; Sporrong, Sofia Kälvemark

Part of Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice, p. 29, 2020

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