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Adherence, therapeutic intensity, and the number of dispensed drugs

Hovstadius, Bo ; Petersson, Göran

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2011-12, Vol.20 (12), p.1255-1261 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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Adherence, therapeutic intensity, and the number of dispensed drugs
Autor: Hovstadius, Bo ; Petersson, Göran
Assuntos: adherence ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Ambulatory Care ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Costs and Cost Analysis ; Farmakologi ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Linear Models ; Male ; Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data ; Middle Aged ; multiple medication ; Pharmacoepidemiology - methods ; Pharmacology ; Prescription Drugs - administration & dosage ; Prescription Drugs - therapeutic use ; Registries ; Sex Factors ; Sweden ; therapeutic intensity ; Young Adult
É parte de: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2011-12, Vol.20 (12), p.1255-1261
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Descrição: ABSTRACT Purpose To estimate non‐adherence in relation to the therapeutic intensity (TI) and the number of dispensed drugs per individual and study whether the TI can be used as an estimator of non‐adherence with an increasing number of drugs. Methods The study comprised an individual‐based register of all dispensed outpatient prescriptions in Sweden in 2006, including 6.2 million individuals. The applied definition of drug was the chemical entity or substance comprising the fifth level in the World Health Organisation's Anatomic, Therapeutic, Chemical classification. The defined daily dosage per individual during 12 months was applied as an indicator of the TI. Results We found a positive linear relation between the TI and the increasing number of dispensed drugs per individual, both for men and women. We found a slightly diminishing TI with an increasing number of drugs only for the age groups above 70 years, at a level above 13 drugs per individual. Conclusions The linear relationship between the TI and the increasing number of dispensed drugs per individual provides poor support for using decreasing TI as an estimator of non‐adherence. The low rate of cost‐related non‐adherence in Sweden might contribute to explaining the linear relationship. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Editor: Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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