Assessment of potentially inappropriate medication use among geriatric outpatients in the Slovak Republic.

Background: Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is a highly prevalent problem among older people, making it challenging to improve patient safety. The aim of this study was to assess the use of PIMs among geriatric outpatients (OUTs) in the Slovak Republic according to the EU(7) PIM list and to identify the differences in PIM prescriptions among general practitioners (GPs), internists (INTs) and geriatricians (GERs).

Methods: In total, 449 patients (65 years and older) from 4 medical centres who were in the care of GPs (32.

Availability and Accessibility of Orphan Medicinal Products to Patients in Slovakia in the Years 2010-2019.

Information about the access of Slovak patients to orphan medicinal products (OMPs) in the literature is rather scarce. The main aim of the study was to analyze the accessibility and availability of OMPs to Slovak patients in the years 2010-2019. The analyzed OMPs were strictly defined according to the European definition.