Drug Prescription Profiles in Patients with Polypharmacy in Spain: A Large-Scale Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Real-World Data

Drug Prescription Profiles in Patients with Polypharmacy in Spain: A Large-Scale Pharmacoepidemiologic Study Using Real-World Data

We aimed to identify and compare medication profiles in populations with polypharmacy between 2005 and 2015. We conducted a cross-sectional study using information from the Computerized Database for Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies in Primary Care (BIFAP, Spain). We estimated the prevalence of therapeu...

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Main Authors: Miguel Ángel Hernández-Rodríguez, Ermengol Sempere-Verdú, Caterina Vicens-Caldentey, Francisca González-Rubio, Félix Miguel-García, Vicente Palop-Larrea, Ramón Orueta-Sánchez, Óscar Esteban-Jiménez, Mara Sempere-Manuel, María Pilar Arroyo-Aniés, Buenaventura Fernández-San José, José Ignacio de Juan-Roldán, Ignatios Ioakeim-Skoufa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
computerized medical records systems
drug utilization
electronic prescribing
pharmacoepidemiology
polypharmacy
real-world data
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4754

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