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The term Quality use of medicines is used by the Australian government as part of their policies on effective and correct uses of medicine and access to appropriate medicines. ==Guiding Principles== Quality Use of Medicines (abbreviated to QUM) is one of the four policy pillars in the Australian Government’s National Medicines Policy first developed in 2000, and involves the safe and judicious use of medicines by the general public. In the documentation of the National Medicines Policy, the four tenets〔''Department of Health and Ageing – Quality Use of Medicines'' (2008). Available at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/national-medicines-policydoc~national-medicines-policy-5 (accessed 6 November 2009).〕 of Quality Use of Medicines involve medicines being used: *Judiciously, using medicines only after considering all other options *Appropriately, choosing a medicine after appraisal of factors including risk-benefit analysis, treatment length and cost *Safely, minimising misuse and abuse *Efficaciously, having a quantifiable benefit to the patient’s health and/or quality of life Quality Use of Medicines is primarily a patient-oriented movement, with the documentation stressing the importance of patient-professional communication along with patient knowledge and understanding their medicines.〔See http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/national-medicines-policydoc~national-medicines-policy-5.〕 The term has begun to enter consumer-oriented Australian media in both journalistic〔''CHF Quality Use of Medicines Engagement in Moree'' (2009). Available at http://www.chf.org.au/pdfs/rep/rep-353-qum-engagement-moree.pdf (accessed 6 November 2009).〕 and corporate〔Pfizer Australia, ''Quality Use of Medicines.'' Available at http://www.pfizer.com.au/Facts/QualityUse.aspx.〕 contexts, while the concepts are becoming increasingly central to general pharmaceutical practice.〔Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, ''PSA Position Statement on Community Pharmacy Agreements'' (2009). Available at http://www.psa.org.au/site.php?id=4209.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quality use of medicines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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