[e-drug] Course in ATC/DDD methodology

["Kirsten Myhr" <myhr@online.no>]

E-DRUG: Course in ATC/DDD methodology
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The annual course in ATC/DDD methodology will be held at the WHO
Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology in Oslo, Norway
15-16 September 2005. Please visit http://www.whocc.no/atcddd/ and click
left for 'Courses and meetings' to find details. Registration deadline
is 26 August. 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME - ATC/DDD METHODOLOGY

Thursday 15 September 2005 (10.00 - 18.30)

10.00	Welcome and presentation
10.30	Introduction and historical background
11.00	Principles for ATC classification
11.45	ATC classification of veterinary medicines
12.00	Lunch
13.30	The Concept of the Defined Daily Dose (DDD)
14.30	ATC and DDD alterations
15.00	Coffee
15.30	Procedures and data requirements for ATC/DDD assignments and
alterations
15.50	Working groups
17.30	Discussion of the working group problems
18.30	Closure of the first day
20.00	Dinner


Friday 16 September 2005 (9.00-14.00)

09.00	Different uses of the ATC/DDD methodology
09.30	Application of the ATC/DDD methodology in drug consumption
statistics
11.00	Collecting and comparing drug utilisation data between countries
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	Experiences from a recent survey
11.20	Different versions of ATC/DDD - are published drug utilisation
data comparable?	
11.40	Coffee
12.00	Working groups
13.15	Discussion of the working group problems

Evaluation and closure

14.00	Lunch

Ms Kirsten Myhr, MScPharm, MPH
Head
RELIS Drug Info and ADR Monitoring Centre
Ulleval University Hospital
0407 OSLO, Norway
Tel: +47 23 01 64 11   Fax: +47 23 01 64 10
kirsten.myhr@relis.ulleval.no
myhr@online.no