Hormone replacement therapy: changes in frequency and type of prescription by Dutch GPs during the last decade of the millennium
Autor: | G.A. Donker, M Foets, A.I.M. Bartelds, K. van der Velden, Peter Spreeuwenberg |
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Rok vydání: | 2000 |
Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics medicine.medical_treatment Osteoporosis Age Distribution medicine Humans Practice Patterns Physicians' Medical prescription Aged Netherlands Progestogen business.industry Estrogen Replacement Therapy Osteoporosis prevention Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Menopause Regimen Transgender hormone therapy Female Family Practice business Climacteric |
Zdroj: | Family Practice. 17:508-513 |
ISSN: | 1460-2229 |
Popis: | Objective: The present study was conducted in order to determine the change of frequency and type of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) regimen newly prescribed by Dutch GPs. Methods: A comparison was made of two data sets (multi-stage random samples) collected in 1987/88 and from 1995 to 1998 concerning women 40 years and older who were newly prescribed HRT. Results: Compared with 1987/88, 50% more patients were newly prescribed HRT in 1998 (2.0 in 1987/88 and 3.0 in 1998 per 1000 registered women, P |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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