Use of six main drug therapeutic groups across educational groups: self-reported survey and prescription records

Summary Objectives:  To assess whether the use of six main therapeutic groups was congruent with the occurrence of related diseases across educational groups. Methods:  Two data sources were analysed: (i) Interview data from The Danish Health and Morbidity Survey 2000 on a representative sample of t...

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Published in:Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 2005-06, Vol.30 (3), p.259-269
Main Authors: Nielsen, M. W., Gundgaard, J., Hansen, E. H., Rasmussen, N. K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
disease
Drug Therapy - economics
Drug Utilization
Educational Status
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Medical Records
Medical sciences
medicine use
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
prescription records
Sex Factors
socio-economic position
survey
therapeutic groups
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Summary:Summary Objectives:  To assess whether the use of six main therapeutic groups was congruent with the occurrence of related diseases across educational groups. Methods:  Two data sources were analysed: (i) Interview data from The Danish Health and Morbidity Survey 2000 on a representative sample of the Danish population ages 16 years and above (n = 16 690); (ii) Prescription records linked to a health survey on a representative sample of the population of Funen County 2000–2001 (n = 3 422). The use of six therapeutic main groups (ATC groups A, B, C, M, N and R) and related diseases in educational groups was analysed by indirect standardization. Age and gender standardized prevalence ratios (SPRs) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated on the basis of the total study population. Results:  In general, respondents in the two least educated groups used medicines more frequently and a higher proportion of them reported the related disease than could be expected from indirect standardization. The opposite picture appeared for respondents in the two highest educational groups (SPR 
ISSN:0269-4727
1365-2710
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2005.00643.x