Prescriptions of antidepressants in primary care in Italy: Pattern of use after admission of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for reimbursement

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 825-831

  Poluzzi, Elisabetta ^a   Motola, Domenico ^a   Silvani, Chiara ^a   De Ponti, Fabrizio ^a   Vaccheri, Alberto ^a   Montanaro, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Drug utilisation; Prescription database

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1242292372     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-003-0692-1     Document Type: Article

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