Prescribing patterns in high-need Health Authority populations: How does an ethnically mixed composition affect volume and cost?

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 537-546

  Hann, Mark ^a   Cantrill, J ^a   Baker, D ^b   Gill, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ethnicity; Health Authorities; Needs assessment; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GENERIC DRUG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 10844241327     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2004.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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