Analysis of the regional difference in the number of multi-drug prescriptions and its predictors in Japan, 2015-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Polypharmacy and multi-drug prescription are major public health problems in Japan, but only a few studies have investigated the regional differences. By revealing regional differences in the multi-drug prescriptions, we can infer regions with high rates of multimorbidity or inappropriate prescribing. This study revealed regional differences in multi-drug prescriptions (the number of simultaneous prescriptions of seven or more internal medicines) and investigated the factors affecting the difference using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan data.

Results

The standardized claim ratio (SCR) of the number of multi-drug prescriptions, which corrected the difference in sex and age distribution of prefectures, varied dep

SUBMITTER: Okui T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8454144 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature