Gender influence in the quantity of drugs used in primary care

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Sanfélix, José ^a   Palop, Vicente ^b   Pereiró, Inmaculada ^a   Rubio, Elena ^c   Gosalbes, Victoria ^a   Martínez Mir, Inocencia ^d  

^a Centro de Salud Nazaret   (Spain)

^b Departamento 11   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Drugs; Gender differences; Health problems; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349092383     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13115104     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Correa-de-Araujo R, Miller E, Banthin J, Trinh Y. Gender differences in drug use and expenditures in privately insured population of older adults. J Women's Health. 2005;14:73-81.
2. Kotzan L, Carrol NV, Kotzan JA. Influence of age, sex and race on prescription drug use among Georgia Medicaid recipients. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1989;46:287-90.
3. Kotouckova M, Majtas J, Springer V. Studies of sex as a factor in drug consumption. Pharmazie. 1992;47:144-6.
4. Klaukka T, Makela M, Sipila J, Martikainen J. Multiuse of medicines in Finland. Med Care. 1993;31:445-50.
5. Rabin DL, Bush PJ. Who's using medicines? J Community Health. 1975;1:106-17.
6. Eggen AE. Pattern of drug use in a general population; prevalence and predicting factors: the Tromso study. Int J Epidemiol. 1994;3:1262-72.
7. LeSage J. Polypharmacy in geriatric patients. Nurs Clin North Am. 1991;26:273-90.
8. Simons LA, Tett S, Simons J, Lauchland R, McCallum J, Friedlander Y, et al. Multiple medication use in elderly. Use of prescription and non-prescription drugs in an Australian community setting. Med J Aust. 1992;157:243-6.
9. Boethius G. Recording of drug prescriptions in the county of Jämtland, Sweden. Acta Med Scand. 1977;202:241-51.
10. Payne J, Cho R, Desmeules M, Neutel I. Factors associated with women's medication use. Women's Health Surveillance Report. Canadian Institute for Health Information. [electronic edition]. 2003 [published: September 30, 2003; cited: July 31, 2006] Available in: http://www.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp? cw_page=PG_29_E&cw_topic=29&cw_rel=AR.342.E
11. WHO Regional Office for Europe. Targets for health for all. Copenhague: WHO; 1985.
12. Whitehead M. The concepts and principles of equity and health. Copenhague: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 1990.
13. Becker LB, Han BH, Meyer PM, Wright FA, Rhodes KV, Smith DW, et al. Racial differences in the incidence of cardiac arrest and subsequent survival. N Engl J Med. 1993;329:600-6.
14. Ruiz-Cantero MT, Verdú-Delgado M. Sesgo de género en el esfuerzo terapéutico. Gac Sanit. 2004;18 Supl 1:118-25.
15. Monteagudo-Piqueras O, Sarría-Santamera A. Diferencias entre varones y mujeres respecto a la mortalidad hospitalaria y la utilización de procedimientos en el infarto agudo de miocardio. Gac Sanit. 2006;20:74-9.
16. Dreachslin J. Gender bias and the process of care. J Management Med. 1992;6:46-52.
17. Healy B. The Yentl syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1991;325:274-5.
18. Morabia A, Fabre J, Dunand JP. The influence of patient and physician gender on prescription of psychotropic drugs. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992;45:111-6.
19. Sanfélix Genovés J, Palop Larrea V, Pereiró Berenguer I, Martínez-Mir I. Influencia del sexo del paciente en la calidad de los medicamentos consumidos. Aten Primaria. 2002;30:163-70.
20. Conselleria de Sanitat i Consum. Encuesta de salud de la Comunidad Valenciana. Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana; 1993.
21. Catálogo de Especialidades Farmacéuticas 1998. Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos. Madrid: Einsa; 1998.
22. López-Torres Hidalgo J, Cerdá Díaz R, Fernández Olano C, Requena Gallego M, Fernández Casalderrey C, Otero Puime A. Factores asociados al consumo de medicación crónica en personas ancianas. Med Clin (Barc). 1997;108:572-6.
23. Roe CM, McNamara AM, Motheral BR. Gender-and age-related prescription drug use patterns. Ann Pharmacother. 2002;36:30-9.
24. Baum C, Kennedy DL, Knapp DE, Juergens JP, Faich GA. Prescription drug use in 1984 and changes over time. Med Care. 1988;26:105-14.
25. Anderson R. Prescribed medicines: who takes what? J Epidemiol Community Health. 1980;34:299-304.
26. Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Encuesta Nacional de Salud [electronic edition] 2001 [cited Jul 31, 2006]. Available in: http://www.msc.es/ estadEstudios/estadisticas/docs/encuesta_completa.pdf
27. Mayer-Oakes SA, Kelman G, Beers MH, De Jong F, Matthias R, Atchison KA, et al. Benzodiazepine use in older, community-dwelling southern Californians: prevalence and clinical correlates. Ann Pharmacother. 1993;27:416-21.
28. Rohlfs I, De Andrés J, Artazcoz L, Ribalta M, Borrell C. Influencia Del trabajo remunerado en el estado de salud percibido de las mujeres. Med Clin (Barc). 1997;108:566-71.
29. Van der Waas FW, Mohrs J, Foets M. Sex differences among recipients of benzodiazepines in Dutch general practice. BMJ. 1993;307:363-6.