노령 보훈의료지원 인구의 외래 처방의약품 사용경향과 적정성

• 영문명: Trends and Appropriateness of Outpatient Prescription Drug Use in Elderly Veterans
• 발행기관: 대한약학회
• 저자명: 이인향(Iyn-Hyang Lee) 제남경(Nam Kyung Je) 황예령(Yeryeong Hwang)
• 간행물 정보: 『약학회지』제63권 제3호(2019년), 164~172쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.06.30

영문 초록

This study aimed to analyze national claims data of elderly veterans to generate scientific evidence over the trends and appropriateness of their drug utilization in outpatient setting. National claims data of elderly veterans during 2014-2015 were provided by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment (HIRA). We selected two comparable groups through random sampling and matching the data between elderly veterans and National Health Insurance (NHI) or Medical Aid (MAID) patients. We made comparisons among groups in drug use and costs using multivariate gamma regression models, and in two inappropriate prescribing indicators using multivariate logistic regression models. Given the same environment, elderly veteran patients, in comparison to NHI patients, visited medical institution less with 0.82 times, had 1.83 times more drug use, and paid 1.22 times more drug costs (p<0.05). In comparison to elderly MAID patients, elderly veteran patients visited medical institution less with 0.94 times, had 1.24 times more drug use, and paid 1.04 times more drug costs (p<0.05). Elderly veteran patients were exposed to the risk of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) prescribed 1.3 times more than comparison groups (OR=1.26 in those compared to NHI patients, or 1.28 in those compared to MAID patients, p<0.0001), and to the risk of therapeutic duplication 1.6 times more than comparison groups (OR=1.62 in those compared to NHI patients, or 1.56 in those compared to MAID patients, p<0.0001). There were greater worries in drug use behaviors of elderly veteran patients over inefficient and potentially unsafe drug utilization.

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서 론(Introduction)

연구 방법(Research Methods)

결 과(Results)

고 찰(Discussion)

결 론(Conclusion)

키워드

elderly veterans drug utilization potentially inappropriate medications therapeutic duplication