Use of chronic medications among a large, commercially-insured US population

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-309

  Roe, Catherine M ^a   McNamara, Ann M ^b   Motheral, Brenda R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Express Scripts   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic medication use; Gender differences; Pharmacy claim database; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LIPID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBESITY; PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS; FEE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION FEES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035986738     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.700     Document Type: Article

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