Does concordance between survey responses and administrative records differ by ethnicity for prescription medication?

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  So, Lawrence ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^a   Quan, Hude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concordance; Ethnicity; Health surveys; Prescription medication use

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; MEGLITINIDE; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84868364353     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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