Gender and age differences in medications dispensed from a national chain drugstore

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 735-743

  Anthony, Marietta ^a   Lee, Kwan Y ^b   Bertram, Carl T ^b   Abarca, Jacob ^c   Rehfeld, Rick A ^d   Malone, Daniel C ^d   Freeman, Marlene ^e   Woosley, Raymond L ^a  

^a CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Health Outcomes Collaborative Research and Product Development

^c WellPoint NextRx ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GLYCOSIDE; MECLOZINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TAMSULOSIN; THYROID HORMONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149124866     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0731     Document Type: Article

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