A model based on age, sex, and morbidity to explain variation in UK general practice prescribing: Cohort study

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7663, 2008, Pages 218-220

  Omar, Rumana Z ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Caoimhe ^a,b   Petersen, Irene ^a   Islam, Amir ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 48349115428     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a238     Document Type: Article

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