Geographic Variation in Top-10 Prescribed Medicines and Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Portugal: An Ecological Study of 2.2 Million Older Adults
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Data Source
2.2. Setting
2.3. Medication
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic Data
3.2. Top-10 Prescribed Active Substances
3.3. Geographic Variation in Prescription
3.4. PIM Prescription
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Rocha, V.; Plácido, A.I.; Rodrigues, D.A.; Tavares, A.B.; Figueiras, A.; Roque, F.; Herdeiro, M.T. Geographic Variation in Top-10 Prescribed Medicines and Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Portugal: An Ecological Study of 2.2 Million Older Adults. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12938. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912938
Rocha V, Plácido AI, Rodrigues DA, Tavares AB, Figueiras A, Roque F, Herdeiro MT. Geographic Variation in Top-10 Prescribed Medicines and Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Portugal: An Ecological Study of 2.2 Million Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12938. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912938
Chicago/Turabian StyleRocha, Vânia, Ana Isabel Plácido, Daniela A. Rodrigues, Ana Barbara Tavares, Adolfo Figueiras, Fátima Roque, and Maria Teresa Herdeiro. 2022. "Geographic Variation in Top-10 Prescribed Medicines and Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Portugal: An Ecological Study of 2.2 Million Older Adults" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12938. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912938