Can gender difference in prescription drug use be explained by gender-related morbidity?: A study on a Swedish population during 2006

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Skoog, Jessica ^a   Midlöv, Patrik ^a   Borgquist, Lars ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^a,c   Halling, Anders ^a,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Gender related morbidity; Multi morbidity; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION GROUP; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION GROUPS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899074222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-329     Document Type: Article

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