I am a health economist interested in register-based research. In my PhD thesis I studied how potentially inappropriate medications in older people are associated with health care use, costs and mortality. After the dissertation, my research has continued to focus on the older people and medication use, increasingly focused on physicians’ decision-making and system-level implementation evaluation using registry data and quasi-experimental methods. I am a Principal Investigator in two research projects (MEDIFF and GuideGap, both funded by the Social Insurance Institution (SII) of Finland). The MEDIFF evaluates the effectiveness of implementation of strategies for improving rational pharmacotherapy using registry data. The GuideGap is mixed-method research project, which aims to evaluate physicians’ adherence to clinical guidelines generally.
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Finnish Society for Health Economics – member of the board (2022-)
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Terveydenhuollon henkilöstövajeella yhteys vältettävien lääkkeiden käyttöön
Paulamäki, Jasmin; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Hyttinen, Virva; Huhtala, Heini; Jämsen, Esa. 2024. RATTI Policy Brief. . Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus fimea -
Impact of the publication of the Finnish Meds75+ database on the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older persons
Hyttinen, Virva; Kortelainen, Lauri; Rantsi, Mervi; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Linnosmaa, Ismo. 2023. British journal of clinical pharmacology. 89: 3046-3055 -
Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use in older population: comparison of the Finnish Meds75+ database with eight published criteria
Paulamäki, Jasmin; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Hyttinen, Virva; Jämsen, Esa. 2023. Bmc geriatrics. 23: . 139 -
Regional variation of potentially inappropriate medication use and associated factors among older adults: A nationwide register study
Paulamäki, Jasmin; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Hyttinen, Virva; Huhtala, Heini; Jämsen, Esa. 2023. Research in social and administrative pharmacy. 19: 1372-1379 -
Suomalaisen terveystaloustieteellisen tutkimuksen painopisteet
Forma, Leena; Hyttinen, Virva; Sääksvuori, Lauri; Linnosmaa, Ismo. 2023. Sosiaalilääketieteellinen aikakauslehti. 60: 239-241 -
The role of functioning in predicting nursing home placement or death among older home care patients
Björkstedt, Eeva; Voutilainen, Ari; Auvinen, Kati; Hyttinen, Virva; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Mäntyselkä, Pekka; Lönnroos, Eija. 2023. Scandinavian journal of primary health care. 41: 478-485 -
Trends in the use of psychotropics in older people with dementia: interrupted time series of Finnish clinical guidelines of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
Rantsi, Mervi; Kortelainen, Lauri; Hyttinen, Virva; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Kankaanpää, Eila. 2023. Age and ageing. 52: 1-11 -
Cost-effectiveness of an educational intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate medication
Rantsi, Mervi; Pitkälä, Kaisu H; Kautiainen, Hannu; Hyttinen, Virva; Kankaanpää, Eila. 2022. Age and ageing. 51: . afac112 -
Implementointitutkimus tukee iäkkäillä vältettäviä lääkkeitä koskevien suositusten käyttöönottoa
Rantsi, Mervi; Hyttinen, Virva; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Vartiainen, Anna-Kaisa; Kankaanpää, Eila. 2022. RATTI Policy Brief. . Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus fimea -
Process evaluation of implementation strategies to reduce potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in older population: A scoping review
Rantsi, Mervi; Hyttinen, Virva; Jyrkkä, Johanna; Vartiainen, Anna-Kaisa; Kankaanpää, Eila. 2022. Research in social and administrative pharmacy. 18: 2367-2391