Patterns of pharmaceutical use for immigrants to Spain and Norway: A comparative study of prescription databases in two European countries

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gimeno Feliu, Luis Andres ^a,b,c,d   Calderón Larrañaga, Amaia ^a,d   Prados Torres, Alexandra ^a,c,d   Revilla López, Concha ^e   Diaz, Esperanza ^f,g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b Aragon Health Service   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g National Centre for Minority Health Research (NAKMI)   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug Utilization; Emigrants and Immigrants; Norway; Pharmacoepidemiology; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS AND NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; AGENTS AFFECTING METABOLISM; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SEX HORMONE; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE;

AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG PRESCRIBING; EMIGRATION; EQUITY; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRANT; OECD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; MALE; MOROCCO; NORWAY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ARAGON; CHINA; COLOMBIA; MOROCCO; NORWAY; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84959234169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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